It would be nice if we could put away and throw out
everything except what really mattered, but
reality is just cruel.

I hear you say my name. I hear you call for me. But when I turn around, you're not there. And I shed a tear. I shed a tear for you. Your sweet memories haunt me. And I see your face.

In such times,
I see you laughing
whenever I close my eyes.

When I try to sleep, your laughing face carries me. Thru the darkness and into a happy place. Where I can be with you. Forever.

Until the day I reach eternal sleep,
that smiling face will
have to stay with me without fail.

I'm forced to live my life without you. Without your strong arms here to hold me on cold nights. And I shed a tear. I shed a tear for you. Your sweet memories. And I see your face.

People are all sad, so
they go and forget, but--

I try to put on a smile. I try to laugh. But when I close my eyes. I see you. Your golden eyes, looking serenely thru the mist that keeps us apart. I reach out my hands to grasp you. But you disappear. Into the unforgiving past.

For that which I should love,
For that which gives me love, I will do what I can.

I try to be strong for you. I try to go on. But it hurts. Your love kept me going, but now I'm running on painful memories. And I shed a tear. I shed a tear for you. Your sweet memories. And I see your face.

Back then, when we met,
it was all awkward.
We went the long way, didn't we?
We got hurt, didn't we?

I remember you hated me once. And I you. But we got thru it. You gave up on her. You accepted me. We were happy once. You where there for me when I got hurt. I was there for you. But now. I only have memories.

Until the day I reach eternal sleep,
that smiling face will
have to stay with me without fail.

I lie in your favorite tree. I try to fade away with you. Your laughing face guides my dreams. But when morning dawns. You're gone. And I shed a tear. I shed a tear for you. Your sweet memories. And I see your face.

Back then, when we met,
it was all awkward.
We went the long way, didn't we?
We got there in the end.

At one time we hated each other. But you came thru for me. And you held me as I cried. But as I cry now, I need you. They all are gone. To float in happiness. While I am forced to wallow in these painful memories. And I shed a tear. I shed a tear for you. I see your sweet face. And I am with you.