I hung around, towed the line long enough to know Watched your love fading from her eyes The tender flame, soft and wild, I thought was mine to hold Well I'll be waiting for you by and by 'Cause every morning I would wake up "Was there something I had missed?" Another piece of what I had thought was whole Another person I'd only made up For the temporary bliss But I swear I thought it was you I'd told Saved the days, spent the nights, felt it went alright You were left alone far too long I thought you'd stay and, oh, like a fool I found too late You were hardly there before you'd run along Between the days I came around, love Were the days you slipped away Taking off with that flame I'd known And when the fire started to fade out Left a stranger in your wake But I swear I thought it was you I'd told As if I'd ever know Now every morning I will wake up Finding something I had missed Another piece of what I had thought was whole In every person I'd ever made up Every temporary bliss Another step closer to you I was shown