I've Woken To Find Myself In The Shadows Of The Past

I've woken to find my self in the shadows of the past
Hardly realizing that this, somehow, won't last

So I make the best of it, and try to find you
I try to go back to the times before we were through

I flash through the memories and remember them all
Everything up to the moment that I would fall

But I don't dwell there, instead at the happier times
I remember the moment that you were finally mine

How happy a day, the memories come in clear
Those were the times I had nothing to fear

Then that fateful December day, the day we kissed
How I could never forget this

Then the times I swore not to relive
I couldn't do it, I just couldn't give

So I went back to the happy ones of you
I walked through them, one by one, my smile grew

I remember the way your cologne would smell when we would hug
I remember the way I would teasingly, be a big bug

I remember the way I would help you with your work
I didn't think it was much of a job, more like a perk

I look back on the days we would spend together
I can't believe that this is not forever

You told me something so long ago
I promised to treasure our love and let it grow

Distance makes the heart grow fonder
But to you, my mind will always wander

No one can replace the way you could make me feel
That's a feeling that just has to be real

After some troubled times, you came back to me
But things were different, we were no longer a we

I hurt you bad and you hurt me too
But look at us now, we made it through

So when you come back to me sometime soon
I promise to celebrate your day in June

So as I lay down to sleep to come back home
I pray to God that you won't be alone

Just whisper my name and you know I'll hear
And just pretend that I'm somewhere near

So I waken from this vivid dream to see you standing here
I swear to God I thought you would never come back so near

So as I embrace you, the memories join
Our souls and hearts finally rejoin