I've been loving you for a while now, turned your colors in the light Amber glass beside the ocean, the sand that lightning strikes And I watch you by the water, throw your voice into the wind But ain't no comfort in an echo, that don't come back again And babe, I've been a lot of things, a hero and a fool But none of them compare to being someone next to you And your eyes are tired and hungry, waiting on a sunny day Looking out the cloudy window at the never ending rain But I've seen you light on fire, and I know you will again It's just the way your heart is wired, just the way you've always been And babe I've been a lot of things, I'm proud of just a few But none of them compare to being someone next to you This house is rust and wreckage, holding on by just a hope But I believe in dust and magic, and every word you ever wrote And all the reasons that you wake up, all the reasons that you dream All the beautiful conditions of a man up in flame And babe i've been a lot of things, and most of them were true But none of them compare to being someone next to you