Tell me, if the music stopped playing

Would you keep on dancing in the silence?

And tell me, if the lights went out

Would you still be afraid of casting shadow?

Never claim that you were robbed

Of what you thought was yours

Nothing is safe from the hands of time

It doesn't matter if you lock your doors

Whoa, it's all a loan

So cherish what you've got

Yeah, you know that nothing's owned

Though it seems like we've forgot

Yes it seems like we've forgot

Tell me, if the people stopped caring

Would you keep on sharing your creations?

And tell me, if you knew you were dreaming

Would you keep on screaming at the monster?

You can try to sweep the scattered sand

From the hourglass you shattered

You can try to melt every clock in sight

As if you get a say in the matter

Whoa, it's all a loan

So cherish what you've got

Yeah, you know that nothing's owned

Though it seems like we've forgot

Yes it seems like we've forgot

Well you can stuff your face will collagen injections

You can search for blunders just to make corrections

But it's frivolous to raise your objections

Time spares nothing, and we are no exception

No we're not

Whoa, it's all a loan

So cherish what you've got

Yeah, you know that nothing's owned

Though it seems like we've forgot

Yes it seems like we've forgot

Oh it seems like we've forgot

Yes it seems like we've forgot

Midnight, then one o'clock, then two

Clockwise, the hands tick, past you

Hoping you'll finish by ten

Missing that deadline again

Got to let the hourglass do what it does best

Wrinkles, and crows feet, and gray

March time, then April, then May

Hoping you'd finish by Fall

Feel you've run into a wall

Got to let the hourglass do what it does best

Always passing

Slow amassing

Grains of sand that gather at the bottom of the glass

Always fleeting

Never repeating

Straight through from the day you start until the day you pass

Straight through from the day you start until the day you pass

Bright red, then dull green, then blue

Interest, compounding, past you

Wonder the when and the how

Hoping you'll reap what you sow

Best to let the hourglass do what it does best

Always passing

Slow amassing

Grains of sand that patter at the bottom of the glass

Always fleeting

Never repeating

Straight through from the day you start until the day you pass

Always fleeting

Never repeating

Straight through from the day you start until the day you pass

Sun shines in through window panes

(The hours seem to pass you by)

Sets before you once again

(The hours seem to pass you by)

Blink your eyes, it's been an hour

(Don't know why you even try)

Wish that just for once you left the

House when you knew that the trains would

Take longer than you anticipated they would take

Chronic lateness seems so certain

(The hours seem to pass you by)

"Early" is an iron curtain

(The hours seem to pass you by)

Calendar all marked in red

(Don't know why you even try)

When did every social interaction

Turn into another

Opportunity for you to feel you lost a war?

When did every social interaction

Turn into another

Opportunity for you to feel you lost a war?

I watched you emerge from the spectral lagoon

And gouge out your heart with a smirk

The digitless hand would scarcely come full circle

'Fore the red eye on horizon would lurk

The blistered dementia of your logic would sear

Through the foundations of many a mind

Your coveted presence would endear them all

Seen only as a virus in hindsight

I followed the trail of broken promises

That you'd left plain in your wake

I watched you trip and fall, as you started to crumble

Like a glistering top-heavy cake

And they picked you apart, in a spectacle

That would leave us all aghast

As their gnarled truths and triggered sentences

Were as conniving as they would be fast

And the lies were laid down bare

For the subjugators all to see

The only thing left for you to lose

Is me

The eyes that had charmed the most skeptic of minds

Were hollow and void of disdain

They turned now to me, fighting hard for the tears

To mingle with the torrential rain

And your words rang true, there's a first time for all

And for all there was a first time for you

But the time wasn't yours, and I've none in reserve

To clean the rusty red from the black and the blue

And the lies were laid down bare

For the subjugators all to see

The only thing left for you to lose is me

The only thing left for you to lose is me

And the lies were laid down bare

For the common people all to see

The only thing left for you to lose

Is me

Watch me, as the raindrops, keep a' rolling down my back

Stay here, in the last car, as the train rolls down the track

Forgive me, don't forget me, or the good times from our past

Hear me, when I tell you, that this train ride will be our last.

Last Train Ride

Last Train Ride

Forgive me, don't forget me, or the good times from our past

Hear me, when I tell you, that this train ride will be our last

Last Train Ride

Last Train Ride

Last Train Ride

Last Train Ride

Last Train Ride

Save your hide

Strolling through the night

Remembering the "goodbye's" tone

It's never not been alright

You always look between the cobblestones

Why do you fantasize the worst, with replay on?

Why do you never fail to fear that she'll be gone?

Stumble through the night

Remembering the squabble's tone

You can't say it's alright

As you trip upon the cobblestones

How did it escalate so fast, your voices raised?

Leaving the two of you aghast, neither appraised?

Can't you see the disgust in her gestures?

Can't you see that there's tears in her eyes?

Why do you always make pain from her pleasures?

An illness that always appears in disguise

Strolling through the night

Remembering the "goodbye's" tone

It's never not been alright

You always look between the cobblestones

Why do you fantasize the worst, with replay on?

Why do you never fail to fear that she'll be gone?

Can't you see the disgust in her gestures?

Can't you see that there's tears in her eyes?

Why do you always make pain from her pleasures?

An illness that always appears in disguise

The pace slows from a race to a robust rhythm

And a sigh to signify the final act is through

I wanna break away from all the things that brought me here, including you

I wanna see you disappear from my peripheral vision

And float away

On a cloud

So my mind

Won't be so loud

And how you frown your brow in the heat of friction

And the way you softly sway as you pass me by

You draw the lizard in and yet you turn my mind away, you still don't know why

I wanna hear your pace recede from all the corners of my mind

Echoes fade

Fade away

Leave me be

Let me stay

Stay aloof

From you now

I will find

My way somehow

At first I thought it nice

Before the poison in the ice

Had melted all around the punch you'd poured

At first I thought you kind

And not the quiet kind of girl

Who has nothing nice to say, so says nothing at all

And now, I cannot follow your eyes

And now, I cannot swallow the lies

Inside your head you think you own me

But I'm not so easy to buy

A face inside a locket, framed by the tears you'd never cry

When push would come to shove

I never thought to doubt your love

When really it's the place I should have gone

You sigh and shake your head

Toss and turn at night in bed

Your guilty conscious writhing till the dawn

And now, I cannot follow your eyes

And now, I cannot swallow the lies

Inside your head you think you own me

But you haven't got the money to buy

A face inside a locket, framed by the tears you'd never cry

I ought to clarify

That there is more that meets the eye

Than the fantasies that swirl inside my mind

You haven't done me wrong

My inner voices sing a song

That paints you as the culprit to my crimes

And now, you cannot fathom my pain

And now, my conscious darkens again

Inside my head it's all a vortex

You'd be crazy to call me sane

It's always been my fault, I don't have half the right now to complain

And now, I see there were never any lies

And now, I've forever lost sight of your eyes

Inside my head I thought you owned me

Nothing here to justify

The locket that I'd stolen, and the tears you'd always cried

And as the timbers rot, and the braces fold

All the windows crack, all the shimmer leaves the gold

The house is haunted, but the attic still active

With the ghosts of thoughts once thought attractive

There is nothing left for me, there is nothing left of me

If you try to find a foothold, it will crumble to the sea

As the lights go out and the doors slam shut

You can play the part, but you'll never make the cut

Listen to the music

Coursing through your veins

Tap your foot along

You really can't complain

And yet you can't see why

The people smile your name

When all you feel inside

Is just the sadness and shame

Listen to the music

As you tap your feet

See the shockwaves echo

Up and down the street

Of all the actions and words

You said you'd never say

You had hoped that you could stall

The coming of this day

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

Listen to the footsteps

Rushing overhead

The thought of your discovery

Fills your mind with dread

And yet you can't see why

The people soften their tread

Until a banging at the door

Finds you already dead

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

The day you disappear

The day you disappear

The day you disappear

The day you disappear

A chance encounter at best, a brush with fate at the worst

Your words enacted a spell, the spell enacted a curse

It didn't matter what you said, though what you said didn't hurt

Your tones could elevate me to the sky from the dirt

And just like that you were gone, out of sight not of mind

But not before you left me with my heart in a bind

What was I to do, with you a borough away?

If I sing this loud enough then you might here me say

I didn't mean to write a song for you

I didn't mean to write a song for you

Just the thought of you has kept me sane

As all my fears begin to wane

Even though it's only been a week or two

The image of your smile stops my breath once again

Prevents me from departing at my stop on the train

Late evening conversation on the ghosts from the past

Incessantly insisting that that love won't last

Your profile on the Hudson perched upon that table

Disheartened by the pain your frame is forced to fable

You awaited my arrival though I paused at the time

If you wait a little longer I can sing you my crimes

I didn't mean to write a song for you

I didn't mean to write a song for you

Just the thought of you has kept me sane

As all my fears begin to wane

Even though it's only been a week or two

I could watch you work for hours, maybe days at a time

As the off-chance of us being free is so hard to find

If you follow in my footsteps, just you wait and see

Your feet will sink in the prints, so don't follow me

Don't follow me

Don't follow me

Don't follow me

Ebb and flow, the wind will blow

The tides will take it wherever they want it to go

Sand and sun, the reds will run

Across the sculpted sky when daytime is done

The clouds will come, and shapes will grow

You'll find your heart, in a long shadow, so

Sell your smile, and wait a while

Your efforts will take you a foot if you put in a mile

Just wait for me, you're lost at sea

Which may be where nature intended your conscience to be, for now

Bide your time, and try your best

You may find, it's all a test, just

Breath, take it all in

Let it all out, so you can begin

Breath, open your heart

Don't be afraid, it won't tear you apart

Feed the flame, and burn again

The part of your heart that refuses to give fear a name

Fuel the fire, and feel desire

If I told you I know that it works you could call me liar

Bide your time, and try your best

You may find, it's all a test, just

Breath, take it all in

Let it all out, so you can begin

Breath, open your heart

Don't be afraid

Breath, take it all in

Let it all out, so you can begin

Breath, open your heart

Don't be afraid, I won't tear you apart

Ebb and flow, the wind will blow

The tides will take it wherever they want it to go

Drop the ball and watch it bounce

Give a gallon, own an ounce

Try and fail, and try again

Lose the sword and find a pen

We all want to be the ones who know

But shun the flash and be the afterglow

Take the wheel and turn it round

Drop the ball and break the ground

Get outside of your own head

Misidentify instead

Let your actions make mistakes

Drop the ball and watch it break

Let your actions make mistakes

Drop the ball and watch it break

We all want to be the ones who know

But shun the flash and be the afterglow

We all want to be the one who knows

But special is as special swiftly goes

We all want to be the one who knows

But special is as special swiftly goes

We all want to be the ones who know

So shun the flash and be the afterglow

Mercury is rising, is it so surprising?

He doesn't sweat the small stuff cause he's got it figured out

The concierge was right to refuse him right of passage

Sirens ringing out, but there isn't any reason for

Alarm! Alarm! As he takes you by the arm

You recall the many times this simple gesture led to harm

Recoil not as smooth as the amateur's ascension

Living with a memory that always calls attention

To itself, and you, are powerless to stop

The dinner ends, and yet again, you served just as a prop

The time is now, tomorrow too, you'll never hear an "I love you"

That isn't just a courtesy or friend in ecstasy

Persistence isn't perseverance ain't it plain to see?

If you check the letters there's a 'v' swapped for a 't'

Try again, another day, hoping it'll be okay

Cry again, I'll never say or tell you it'll be okay

Eyes, all dance around and land on other girls

Lights, meant to excite, withhold their fractal mirth from you

In a city with a population straining at the millions

How is a companion hard to find among civilians?

You socialize, and harmonize with conversations built to lead

You to somebody's bed or mattress, until reason supersedes

The urge, the pull, as they try to draw you near

You're looking for a lifetime but they can't stomach a year

The miracles are so enticing, angel cake with poison icing

Cherries dipped in cyanide, the witty banter dead inside

Eyes, all dance around and land on other girls

Lights, meant to excite, withhold their fractal mirth from you

Lies, fall from the lips that long tell the truth

Sounds, meant to entice, drown and muffle you

No luck on the downtown masquerade

No luck on the downtown masquerade, not today

No luck on the downtown masquerade

No luck on the downtown masquerade

Broken headlight, wheels still spinning

Rewind back to the beginning

Crash that could have been avoided

Left untainted, unexploited

Had to go and start the engine

Cut the slack and build the tension

You are all she's got, left now

Grip the wheel and check the dashboard

Tank was empty, for the record

Lock the doors and flip the brights on

Start a sentence, it's a run-on

Empty, did I say the tank was?

Don't look now, your words are faux pas

You are all she's got, left now

Reckless driver, careless chauffeur

Did you mean to break her heart?

Take a detour, unfamiliar

In a landscape most peculiar

Couldn't stop, with red lights flashing

Wouldn't stop, with stop signs passing

Later claimed you didn't see them

Cheating death and causing mayhem

You are all she's got, left now

Reckless driver, careless chauffeur

Did you mean to break her heart?

Reckless driver, you destroyed her

Didn't you mean to brake the car?

Analyze the crash for what it was

Arrogance and anger just because

He had never driven a car before

Left her in the backseat, to ignore

Pleading that she didn't want to go

Terrifying actions drowned her "no"

Running on fumes and clammy beer

He forced his words into her ear

Wished that she had never seen

His crooked smile and horrid grin

Though in her mind it's not her fault

The life in her eyes came to a halt

Claim that it was her decision

Even with your tunnel vision

You are all she's got, left now

Reckless driver, careless chauffeur

Did you mean to break her heart?

Reckless driver, you destroyed her

Didn't you mean to brake the car?

Listen to the music

Coursing through your veins

Tap your foot along

You really can't complain

And yet you can't see why

The people smile your name

When all you feel inside

Is just the sadness and shame

Listen to the music

As you tap your feet

See the shockwaves echo

Up and down the street

Of all the actions and words

You said you'd never say

You had hoped that you could stall

The coming of this day

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

Listen to the footsteps

Rushing overhead

The thought of your discovery

Fills your mind with dread

And yet you can't see why

The people soften their tread

Until a banging at the door

Finds you already dead

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

And now it's here

And now it's finally here

The day you disappear

The day you disappear

The day you disappear

He'll never have his day in court

For the thoughts up in his head

But if we stood trial for our thoughts

We'd likely all be dead

Nevertheless, he'll get it good

When he reveals, more than he should

His face will pale, paler than white

As if his skin, never saw light

Starlight, star bright, can he tell what is wrong from what's right

Four and nineteen blackbirds baked in his pie, it's a lie

The scales of justice listing hard to port

The press of chaos listing his retorts

The prequel not as poignant

As the tattered trilogy

No patterns in his past that point to

This monstrosity

Nevertheless, he'll get it good

When he reveals, more than he should

Dark be his hair, damp from his sweat

Then from the pools of his regret

A butcher, a faker, a lie fabricator, the roles rolled into one

Two mice will scurry, leave in such a hurry, they've lost the third behind

They're all blind

His moral compass shifting far from north

Shifting in his shackles, back and forth

The prequel can't predict with certainty

The consequences of the trilogy

Nevertheless, he'll get it good

When he reveals, more than he should

His face will pale, paler than white

As if his skin, never saw light

Nevertheless, he'll get it good

When he reveals, more than he should

Dark be his hair, damp from his sweat

Then from the pools of his regret

Regret for what he did wrong

Or regret from waiting so long

The silence that tries to penetrate your mind

So you'd forget what it'd be like to have ever heard a sound

As if you stood in field, snow falling heavy and blind

The illusion you're the only one around

It could drive even the strongest of minds to redefine

The concept and condition of insanity

Crossed with your vanity

And you can scream and shout

Your ears betraying all doubt

In your mind that you've uttered or heard a single word

Silence plagued her conscience like a bad memory

The kind that she'd try to remove, a wretched old revery

But it was locked in her head, and as she lay in her bed

A tortured scream lay trapped inside her throat

Her eyes bulging wide, the sound so long trapped inside

Her only goal was letting it all out

It drove even a mind of her kind to redefine

The concept and condition of insanity

Crossed with her vanity

And she can scream and shout

Her ears betraying all doubt

In her mind that she's uttered or heard a single word

And what a velvet blindfold does to ones eyes

The silence did to her head

The altruist walks to the sound of revere

As the misguided and oblivious people cheer

The hint of a smirk poking at his cheek

Until compelled by compassion he would start to speak

The glowing embers of his paper eyes

Ignited by the passions that envelop the skies

Of his world, such a lonely world, such a lonely world

In which he lives, and abides, never bats or blinks an eye

He offers advice that he doesn't believe

Doesn't feel like he helps, only lies and deceives

The altruist loved for the love he provides

Masking all the hatred and unrest he imbibes

Altruism

Not so easy in a cataclysm

An unnatural disaster in the heart of his mind

Forever at war to keep himself in line

Whoever he meets, people love him to death

The truth however is is that he's choked his last breath

Burdened by the reputation built in his life, he is

Suffocating, replicating sting after strife

Altruism

Not so easy in a cataclysm

An unnatural disaster in the heart of his mind

Forever at war to keep himself in line

Altruism

Not so easy in a cataclysm

An unnatural disaster in the heart of his mind

Forever at war to keep himself in line

Altruism

Not so easy in a cataclysm

An unnatural disaster in the heart of his mind

Forever at war to keep himself in line

Forever at war to keep himself in line

The wind whispers wistfully into your hair

The sun ignites the sparkle in your eye

The raindrops rolling lightly down the nape of your neck

Mimic in vain the tears you cry

The lightning strikes up conversation with your jaw

The thunder rolls a finger to your lips

The sadness in your heart draws me in closer

A thousand fold the sirens drew in ships

And it's strange, for although I know your features

I cannot see your face, nor know your name

Sometimes I wish I had the will to find you

And burn the beast that dared to douse your flame

Your flame

Your flame

Your flame

Time ticks along, and sings a song of urgency

Tocks of money, funny how it disappears

A slew of reasons, chronic treasons take their toll

Leave nothing but a ringing in your ear

And it's strange, for although I know your features

I cannot see your face, nor know your name

Sometimes I wish I had the will to find you

And burn the beast that dared to douse your flame

Your flame

Your flame

Your flame

Was a year ago, I was a different boy

The only tears I cried then were tears of joy

Now I wander the lonely city streets at night

Where the rats roam free under fluorescent light

Was a year ago, I was a different man

I didn't walk around town with my head in the sand

I was on top of the world but, oh, that was then

Give my life and soul to go back again

I had only just met you

All too soon I bid thee adieu

Wasn't long ago I was a cheerful lad

It took a world full of hatred to make me sad

Now a sarcastic word will set my brain on fire

The power of my will is second to your desires

You said it was okay, but I didn't listen

I'd sooner hang myself then let down a friend

You were more than that, so it stands to reason

That I'd slowly break with every passing season

Year ago

Year ago

I had only just met you

All too soon I bid thee adieu

Stumbled to the bottom and you held out your hand

You'd made the motion before, but I didn't understand

That the way I lived life, I wouldn't last very long

Or if I did I didn't care, even though I was wrong

Year ago

Year ago

I had only just met you

All too soon I bid thee adieu

The closest in proximity we've ever been is a thousand miles apart

But we talk and conversate almost every day, and I know that that is a start

There are people on the street you see day in and day out

But there's nothing much important that you ever talk about

But I feel like I've broken the surface with you, of that there is no doubt

You know me and I know you and that's alright

I have learned a lot from the many times we've talked, and I finally know for certain

That when the roadway is rough and the going gets tough, you gotta look behind the tattered curtain

Just remember there are people in your life that really care

All you gotta do is call and someone will always be there

Though it seems overwhelming now, I implore you never to despair

You know me and I know you and it's alright

Beneath the serene and picture perfect surface

A maelstrom of distortion lies

Takes all the hurt and sadness in your life

And weaves it into an elaborate guise

But don't let it get to your optimistic disposition

Or your subtly infectious cheer

And in the end everything will be okay

It'll all be crystal clear

Beneath the serene and picture perfect surface

A maelstrom of distortion lies

Takes all the hurt and sadness in your life

And weaves it into an elaborate guise

But don't let it get to your optimistic disposition

Or your subtly infectious cheer

And in the end everything will be okay

It'll all be crystal clear

I have learned a lot from the many times we've talked, and I finally know for certain

That when the roadway is rough and the going gets tough, you gotta look behind the tattered curtain

Just remember there are people in your life that really care

All you gotta do is call and someone will always be there

Though it seems overwhelming now, I implore you never to despair

You know me and I know you and it's alright

The closest in proximity we've ever been is a thousand miles apart

But we talk and conversate almost every day, and I know that that is a start

There are people on the street you see day in and day out

But there's nothing much important that you ever talk about

But I feel like I've broken the surface with you, of that there is no doubt

You know me and I know you and that's alright

You think that you're funny

You think that you're smart

You claim you're not perfect, well that is a start

You've gone through what everyone else has gone through

Everyone else is exactly like you

You act like you're clever

You pretend to be strong

You think you're unique but you couldn't be more wrong

Everyone else feels the same way you do

Everyone else is exactly like you

You say you want money and power and fame

But those are the highlights of this twisted game

Say that it's my fault, but I'm not to blame

Because we're all different we are all the same

Think you've just started I know that you're through

Everyone else is exactly like you

You act like you're cunning

You believe that you're bright

But what's left of you when I turn out the light

Think that you're special, we know that's not true

Everyone else is exactly like you

Standing outside in the cold

A shiver grabs him and holds

As he entertains the people with the act he was told

Would sooth their hands into their collars to discover bills and dollars

That they'd known all along to toss his way

He's doing well for the day

Of week he'd chosen to play

And the shadows and the shades all wish him well on their way

To their office jobs they cry in

Live and breath and slowly die in

And he mourns and warns them all of their sad fate

A woman slips him a ten

As his set starts again

He feels the stares of all the faces that he'll not see again

That girl who blushes when he sees her

Though he'd like so much to meet her

He continues to play into the night

He stumbles home in the dark

Alone he walks by the park

Until an unfamiliar shadow sidles up on a lark

She whispers "hey, remember me?

The girl you saw at half past three?"

Another vision conjured by his lonely mind

He can't barely keep a friend now anymore

He simply let his memory skip out the door

Living alone its any wonder now today

That he can manage still to hold his horn and play

He sets up early at dawn

And as he stifles a yawn

A lad approaches him and asks him at the edge of the lawn

If he could join in his performance

He's got talent and endurance

To accompany the act he so adores

And something in his brain told him to let him join

There was no harm in trying, he'd send him off with some coins

But as he started to blow

He knew there was no way that he could let him go

Play that horn, boy

You say the most with silence, like a foreign moving picture

Hiding from the sunlight, a blue umbrella as your stricture

But there comes a time when the hourglass is inverted

And in those times, the temperament of your mind becomes perverted

And in those times your eyes go wild with a thousand untold crimes

Your tongue sticks back inside your throat and gurgles rancid rhymes

Any thoughts of rationality

Are sucked into the yawn

Of the void where all the darkness goes

To escape the crack of dawn

Any thoughts of rationality

Are sucked into the yawn

Of the void where all the darkness goes

To escape the crack of dawn

Sudden clarity blurs your vision as you stumble out the car

I would wonder not long later how you'd managed to get that far

All the fun you thought you'd had

All the good times that drove you mad

All the memories you pretended were kind

With the truth it'd all unwind

The signs had all been accounted for

But baby, maybe they were too hard to bear

If someone else could have told you, took your shoulders to hold you

Would you have listened to their earnest beware

I can't stand to see you hate me, wait, see how your love turns to despair

And drifts further and further in the air

In your heart there lay a parking spot reserved for me to stay

Just imagine my reaction when you towed my car away

All the laughter was for naught

Cast aside without a thought

All the merriment we'd wrought

Returned to sender, and might as well have not been bought

The signs had all been accounted for

But baby, maybe they were too hard to bear

If someone else could have told you, took your shoulders to hold you

Would you have heeded their earnest beware

I can't stand to see you hate me, wait, see how your love turned to despair

And drifts further and further in the air

And drifts further and further in the air

And drifts further and further in the air

Further and further in the air

All adored me, long ago

Cheered and revered me, a warming glow

But no one stayed for the duration of the show

Left to wait out an insipid game

And you won't remember my name

Spoke so fondly of me to my face

Words long swept away without a trace

Someday you'll long once more for my embrace

Unable to rekindle the same sort of flame

And you won't remember my name

There are no words for the way that your look skyward

Trying to recall my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

Acted like I was just a magic trick

That they could make disappear and reappear with a flick

I followed along led by the hope and the joy

That they had promised me then with all their cunning and coy

I wouldn't believe that I was being led on

I didn't wake up until the dreams were all gone

But I've got to ask, am I really to blame

Now that you've come crawling back, begging me for my name

There are no words for the way that your look skyward

Trying to recall the name you've lost

Cast off with no warning, you set my hopes burning,

And now you've waited too long

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

I have learned, as time has passed

That nothing good ever stays to last

If good ever tries, to come back again

It can only lead to senseless pain

Once again

Spoke so fondly of me to my face

Words long swept away without a trace

Someday you'll long once more for my embrace

Unable to rekindle the same sort of flame

And you won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

There are no words for the way that your look skyward

Trying to recall the name you've lost

Cast off with no warning, you set my hopes burning

And now you've waited too long

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

You won't remember my name

To touch, isn't always to feel

To mend, isn't always to heal

To see, isn't always to know

And so I feel the way I do, even though the tears don't show

To hear, isn't always to understand the question

To laugh, doesn't mean that we've made a real connection

To live, isn't always to love

But to love again, I would forfeit my life above

To yearn, isn't always to want the one you're after

To mourn, doesn't mean there can't sometimes be laughter

To live, isn't always to love

But to love again, I would forfeit my life above

To live, isn't always to love

To love you, I would forfeit my life above

And now, yeah you can see

Just what you mean to me