...and somehow I knew.

How I needed you
How I grieve now you're gone
In my dreams I see you
I awake so alone

I could hear my heart pounding
Silently, harshly, against my chest
And in the death of the night
I thought I saw you beside my bed

I know you didn't want to leave
Your heart yearned to stay
But the strength I always loved in you
Finally gave way

And as I watched you go
Slip away from between my fingers
I saw the door to your heart
Closing shut

Somehow I knew you would leave me this way
Somehow I knew you could never, never stay
And in the early morning light
After a silent peaceful night
You took my heart away
And my being

Now my insides are hollow
You've dug through my heart
Yanked it out
And threw it to the floor

In my dreams I can see you
I can tell you how I feel
In my dreams I can hold you
And it feels so real

But when I awake
The illusion fades
One side of the bed is made and cold
As I try to hold onto my dreams

I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love

And God how it hurts
To see your smile fade away
Your smell and touch and warmth
Leave me day by day

And somehow I knew you could never, never stay
And somehow I knew you would leave me
And in the early morning light
After a silent peaceful night
You took my heart away
Oh I wish, I wish you could have stayed