Separate Lives

Phil Collins



You called me from the room in your hotel


All full of romance for someone that you met


And telling me how sorry you were, leaving so soon


And that you miss me sometimes when you’re alone in your room


Do I feel lonely too?





You have no right to ask me how I feel


You have no right to speak to me so kind


We can’t go on just holding on to time


Now that we’re living separate lives





Well I held on to let you go


And if you lost your love for me, well you never let it show


There was no way to compromise


So now we’re living (living)


Separate lives





Ooh, it’s so typical, love leads to isolation


So you build that wall (build that wall)


Yes, you build that wall (build that wall)


And you make it stronger





Well you have no right to ask me how I feel


You have no right to speak to me so kind


Some day I might (I might) find myself looking in your eyes


But for now, we’ll go on living separate lives


Yes for now, we’ll go on living separate lives


Separate lives