Verse 1:
A new concept of beauty,
in your every flair,
the last time you smiled
rain clouds ceased their glare.
All things emerald,
now archaic art,
neon-lit central,
and yet you're too far.
Verse 2:
A yearning for you,
a heart's solo echoes,
whispers past due,
now my worst foe.
Shadow in an empty room
calling for embrace,
perfecting loneliness,
'til this curse drops from race.
Chorus:
I could and I would but I won't give in
to cold smiles and old wounds of illusory innocence,
I should've cleaned the soot you left
in my heart's bile and profoundly shallow accidents,
I could and I would but I won't and I refuse to give in, to give in, to give in, to give in....
You're all I ever wanted.
Verse 3:
Nightly insomnia,
dreaming of your R.E.M.,
from Sayre to Towanda,
where love was defined,
Staring out the window,
beyond transparent fog,
arms around this pillow,
why can't this be you?
