And so begins the task I have dreaded the coming of for so long I wait for the sun To remind my body it needs restin' And I must learn to live without you now I must learn to give only part, somehow Camping on the edge of your city, I wait Hoping someday you might see beyond yourself The shadows on the ceiling Hard but not real Like the bars that cage you within yourself And I must learn to live without you now I must learn to give only part, somehow And I must learn to without you now As I cannot learn to give only part, somehow All of these cages must and shall be set aside They will only keep us from the knowing Actors and stages now fall before the truth And the love shared between remains growing And I must learn to live without you now As I cannot learn to give only part, somehow