Name of Love
I'm standing outside your window,
Wanting to hear the words I know.
But all there is from within
Is the sound of your radio.
So here we are again,
So close yet so very far away.
All because there wasn't a word
I could say to make you stay.
Your voice sings out the melody
The guitar is playing hard.
I remember the last time you looked at me
And I completely dropped my guard.
All I remember hearing you say
Was that I had changed and left you.
So you were off to find something
Someone else that was new.
"Someone who remembers their promises,
And never loses their smile."
You paused to look me in my eyes.
"Who will wait more than a little while."
And I realized that my mistake was my lack of patience
That you would have been worth waiting for.
But I can't get up and I can't back down.
I won't knock on your door.
So the guitar plays it's melody,
Coming on too strong.
And reminding me that in your arms
Is where I need to be all along.
I realize now just what I left,
In that shanty song of loss.
But it was up and out, a maneuver
Of an all or nothing toss.
I hear your voice caress a line
About heart-ache and starting anew.
But I know I won't be able to,
If I don't have you.
And suddenly for that one instant,
Our eyes meet out through the pane.
I wonder what you think of me,
Standing out here in the rain.
You come flying down the stairs
And out of the door I fear.
You stare for only a minute:
"What are you doing here?"
And so I stammer through my broken heart
That although it's been a while.
I really want to see you,
And I wish you hadn't lost your smile.
You stare at me a moment longer
Before coming forth to embrace me.
And all at once I know
You still have what you want me to see.
And just them the song changes,
To a song about an angel from above.
And I realize why I'm here-
In the name of love.