Lyrics:

His note said 'If livin' is the problem, well that's just baffling.' And at the wake I waited around to see my ex first love And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was thinking of We sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss And I remembered why I loved her, and I asked her why I drove her off She said The slow fade of love Its soft edge might cut you And our poor friend, Jim Well he just lived within The slow fade of love A woman calls my house once a week; she's always selling things Some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine And as I turned her down, I always do, there was something trembling in her voice I said Hey, what troubles you? She said I'm surprised you noticed Well, my husband, he's leaving, and I can't convince him to stay And he'll take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him anyway I'm sorry I'm hard to live with, living is the problem for me I'm selling people things they don't want when I don't know what you need He said the slow fade of love And its mist might choke you It's my gradual descent Into a life I never meant It's the slow fade of love I was driving south of Melrose; I happened upon my old lover's old house I found myself staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me out 'Dianna, Dianna, Dianna I would die for you I'm in love with you completely, I'm afraid that's all I can do' She said 'You can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, Jim But my mind is made up, and I'll never let you in again' For the slow fade of love It might hit you from below It's your gradual descent Into a life you never meant