a gently smile from across the room
took me completely by surprise
one summer afternoon i found myself looking into your eyes
here begins a tale of two lovers
and in less than a year we'd part our ways
but i knew i loved you at that moment
though it took a long time to say
that was more than two years ago
the memory burns inside me still
your love may prove to be temporary
i know mine never will

is that the price that i will pay for loving you from the start
is that the price that i will pay for loving you with my whole heart

doors are closed that once were open
doors that closed against my will
casting darkness on the void inside of me
that i'm not sure anyone can fill
and all the choices that you have made
drive the knife deeper inside
thinking this is all somehow my fault
when i lay alone in bed at night
if i could have changed my course of action
if i could have realized it then
that the deeper fear, even above your absence
is that i'll never love again

is that the price that i will pay for loving you from the start
is that the price that i will pay for loving you with my whole heart