let me be

How many years must go by

before I pick up on the signs?

Will my ever fading ears ever do me justice

and show me that you are never coming back?

 

I can't help it

you never forget the first one who holds you

and tells you that you are all they think about

even though they don't have to.

 

But the truth of the story is this

you chose someone else to finish your story

and I can't keep pretending that you are coming back

when I know I am kidding myself.

 

For years I didn't face up to the facts

that were written all over the wall showing throw the fresh paint

that I threw up there in hopes to hide the fact

you are living your happily ever after.

 

I have to ask a favor and I hope that you accept

I want you to give me the resolution that I can't seem to get

instead of stringing me along this road for the rest of my life

leave me here at this crossroads and go back to your wife.

 

The signs will be clear and complete

and the moments when I think that we are closer will fade

and the memories will heal my broken heart

if you would just let me be.