| Hey there stranger
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| Do you remember?
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| You were a part of my life
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| Early December
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| Think I remember?
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| Sentiment cuts like a knife
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| The seasons are changing
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| Life’s rearranging
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| Full of good times
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| Would have beens
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| Its all your fault
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| And whereve you been
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| And how time goes
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| And though I dont even know
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| How to fill in the spaces
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| of the love youve erased in my life
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| Are you where you wanted to be?
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| Did you get there easily?
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| Did I make you sacrifice?
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| Did you make a sharp left
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| When you should have turned right?
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| Are you whereyou wanted to be?
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| Did you sell off all your gold
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| Did you trade it in?
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| Did you wait for love
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| Or settle for somebody to hold?
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| And barely symphonic
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| But strangely ironic
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| Moments contained in one glance
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| Oh how i adored you
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| But now im ignored by you
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| Nowhere a tint of romance
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| And now its vaguely familiar
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| i think i remember sharing every single intimacy
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| It doesnt seem so strange to me that we barely entertained
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| Even the politest of phrases
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| But sometimes at night
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| I conjure you up in my mind
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| Are you where you wanted to be?
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| Did you get there easily?
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| Did i make a sharp left
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| When you should have turned right?
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| Are you whereyou wanted to be?
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| Did you sell off all your gold
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| Did you trade it in?
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| Did you wait for love
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| Or settle for somebody to hold?
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| While I was busy
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| Perfecting the art
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| Of deflecting compliments
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| I took it too far
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| And i let a ripple run right through my heart
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| Of battle stations we’re building
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| You and i just grew apart
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| We grew apart
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| While i decided
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| To make everyone else happy
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| i just put aside
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| My foolish pride
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| I guess I denied
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| My own desire
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| I was too busy pleasing
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| To ever be pleased
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| I forgot how to breathe
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| Or question anything
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| Or ask why?
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| Am I?
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| Am I where I wanted to be?
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| Did i get here easily?
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| Did I make a sacrifice?
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| Did I take a sharp left
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| When i should have turned right?
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| Am I where i wanted to be?
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| Can i sell off all of my gold?
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| Can I trade it in?
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| Will I wait for Love
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| Or settle for somebody to hold
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| I’d settle for somebody to hold now
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| You know that ive been up and ive been down
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| ive been picked up and spun around
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| id do it all again
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| if i could just have somebody to hold now
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| I just need somebody to hold now
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| Could somebody hold me now?
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| I just want somebody to hold me now
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| I’d do it all again |