She's all laid up in bed with a broken heart

Rachel curled up in her bed with a sketchpad, trying to forget everything: the date, the kiss, the fight, the breakup. She shouldn't have trusted her heart to a boy.

While I'm drinking jack all alone at my local bar

And we don't know how we got into this mad situation

Only doing things out of frustration

Nico had his head in his hands. The barman narrowed his eyes. "You all right, sir?" Nico nodded. He wanted to bang his head against the counter. How could he be so stupid? And now he'd lost his job, on top of everything.

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

She needs me know, but I can't seem to find the time

Nico knew Rachel would be at home, crying. That's where she always went. He knew she needed him, but it would be so much easier to just stay here, get drunk, and forget everything.

It was that bad sense of when to quit that got him fired, Nico recalled.

I got a new job now in the unemployment line

And we don't know how we got into this mess, this is the gods test

Someone help us 'cause we're doing our best

Nico rose, staggering a little. He was doing his best. But it was time to do better. He fought down the coward inside of him and made his decision.

Before he could get out the door, the barman glared at him. "Keys. Gimme yer keys. I can't let ya drive drunk." Grudgingly, Nico handed them over, and stormed out of the pub. He thanked the gods that it was only five blocks to Rachel's.

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

We're gonna start by drinkin' up cheap bottles of wine

Sit talking up all night,

Saying things we haven't for a while, a while, yeah

We're smiling but we're close to tears

Even after all these years we just now got the feeling, got the meaning

For the first time

Nico knocked on the door. A few minutes passed, and then a bedraggled Rachel opened it. Nico pulled out a cheap bottle of wine he'd had on hand. Rachel smiled. Without speaking, she led him inside and they sat on the couch. Nico opened the bottle.

"I just wish you had more time to live," Rachel said suddenly.

"I'm doing my best," Nico replied.

She smiled. "I know." Nico felt a warm feeling spread over him—happiness. He hadn't felt happiness in a long, long time.

She's in line at the door with her head held high

I just lost another job but I didn't lose my flight

But we both know how we're gonna make it work when you're hurt

Pick yourself up and get kicked to the dirt

Nico was waiting in his room for Rachel. He'd just lost yet another job due to drinking. Of course. Always drinking.

He had thought he had fixed things, but then they'd gone and crumbled under him again.

Trying to make it work but man these times are hard

And we're gonna start by drinking up cheap bottles of wine

Sit talking up all night

Doing things we haven't for a while, a while, yeah

Rachel was cuddled close to Nico. There was silence.

We're smiling but we're close to tears

Even after all these years,

We just now got the feeling that we're meeting

For the first time

Oh, these times are hard,

And they're making us crazy

Don't give up on me baby

"I love you."

Oh, these times are hard,

Yeah they're making us crazy

Don't give up on me baby