I knew someone like you once
Actually, the two of you are as different
As wind and water
But I still see a little of her sometimes
When I see that sad smile on your lips…
She had healing hands, just like yours
And even though, most of the time
I thought I was the one saving her
I realized too late
It was she who saved me
As you do now…
But where she suffered in silence
And never recoiled from the knife
That my indifference slowly killed her with,
I've seen you split the ground beneath you feet
As you cry those angry, bitter tears
That I've seen so many times before
And I hate myself a little more…
I lost her, like the others in my life
Before I realized how much she meant to me
And I swore I wouldn't make the same mistake again
But then, you wouldn't have let me anyway, would you?
Because you're like water
Where she was like wind…
I turned my back to her, until she had faded away
And the stillness that remained
Was even more dark and empty than the memories
That whisper to me in my waking dreams
But somehow I can't hold you away from me
Can't hide behind this mask
Can't even catch my breath
Because I feel like I'm drowning
In those emerald eyes of yours…
And though I can never forgive myself
For my failures, for my mistakes, or
For who I was,
I know, this time
That I'll love you, with everything that I am
And when you smile at me,
As you take my hand in yours,
I hate myself a little less
Because I know you love me, too
And I won't waste this chance you've given me…