I hung around, towed the line long enough to know
Watched your love fading from her eyes
The tender flame, soft and wild, I thought was mine to hold
Well I'll be waiting for you by and by
'Cause every morning I would wake up
"Was there something I had missed?"
Another piece of what I had thought was whole
Another person I'd only made up
For the temporary bliss
But I swear I thought it was you I'd told
Saved the days, spent the nights, felt it went alright
You were left alone far too long
I thought you'd stay and, oh, like a fool I found too late
You were hardly there before you'd run along
Between the days I came around, love
Were the days you slipped away
Taking off with that flame I'd known
And when the fire started to fade out
Left a stranger in your wake
But I swear I thought it was you I'd told
As if I'd ever know
Now every morning I will wake up
Finding something I had missed
Another piece of what I had thought was whole
In every person I'd ever made up
Every temporary bliss
Another step closer to you I was shown