standing in the light, the outline of her face
and memories in my mind that time could not erase
i can not be neat
i can not be sweet
i can not be your fairy tale prince
i can only love you and that's my only crime
and you know me well enough to tell the difference

looking at you now only fifteen feet away
kissing someone else, with a thousand things to say
and i don't want to cry
i don't want to die
knowing i should have tried a little harder for your touch
and i can't understand what you have planned
'cause my little heart can only do so much

then one day i will see the truth shining through the clouds
and i will silently wonder if i should fade away
ten years from now i will see you running through the crowds
and i will say to myself, should i run the other way?

buzzing like a flame, the hours burn so slow
and i felt things, things you'll never know
and the hardest part of you not loving me
is me being alone in my misery
i stood by your side
i even tried to hold you up when everyone was pushing you down
look at your friends and then look at me
see who was there when no one else was around

then one day i will see the truth shining through the clouds
and i will silently wonder if i should fade away
ten years from now i will see you running through the crowds
and i will say to myself, should i run the other way?