ten years have passed, I cannot rest
feeling that I gave up on the path
that would have kept you in my life
somehow, somewhere, a part of mine
I damn sure fool myself with this
fabricated life I miss
but it feels like you and I both gave up too fast ten years ago

ten years have passed, too fast, too slow
ravenous, you ate away my soul
though you fade paler every year
I can't say you are not still here
with you I'd be a different man
if I'd like me better I can't say
I might feel I was never free
'cause satisfied I'll never be

and you left me here
aimless straying on from year to year
and I left you there
wherever you have found your smiles and tears
and you left me here
as shadow of the glow that made this life
and I left you there
not knowing that love might not find you
twice