`` but ... `` he took a step towards me , as if he was going to shield me , looking frantically at the line of arrows he was facing . they get the hell out of the way . at a barbed wire fence she stopped and shut off the motor . i knew when i left liberty street i was n't ever going to live there again . you fell in love with him first . her fingers curled deeper into his shoulders . there wasnt much for either one of us to say . 