Robert Wratten

Though there'll always be a part of me
Hoping for a miracle
Realistically I know it is
Over between you and me
And I know too
How it's time
For me to leave the past behind
And what brought this on
This change in me on
Was the turning of
The turning of
The guessing to knowing
The confirming of
All my suspicions
You and him are one
Are one
I've waited all this time
Thinking your thoughts might be with me
To be shown they haven't been
Just to be shown they haven't been
Waited all this time
To be shown how I
Am no longer your life
Am no longer your life
Your life

How do you feel about him now?
How do you feel about him now?
Please don't be settling for less than love
Maybe you're not but I can't help but think you are
Help but think you are

Though there'll always be a part of me
Hoping for a miracle
Realistically I know it is
Over between you and me

Though there'll always be a part of me
Hoping for a miracle
Realistically I know it is
Over between you and me
And I know too
How it's time
For me to leave the past behind
And what brought this on
This change in me on
Was the turning of
The turning of
The guessing to knowing
The confirming of
All my suspicions
You and him are one
Are one
I've waited all this time
Thinking your thoughts might be with me
To be shown they haven't been
Just to be shown they haven't been
Waited all this time
To be shown how I
Am no longer your life
Am no longer your life
Your life

How do you feel about him now?
How do you feel about him now?
Please don't be settling for less than love
Maybe you're not but I can't help but think you are
Help but think you are

Though there'll always be a part of me
Hoping for a miracle
Realistically I know it is
Over between you and me

What am I going to do
I don't want to live without love
But I don't want to love
Nobody but you
Someone who doesn't want
Me any more, me any more
Someone who no longer wants me
What am I going to do?

Anyone else
I'd always be thinking
How they're not you
I'd always be thinking
How they're not you
I just wish you
Would give me the chance to
Never, never hurt you again
Why must it be that
I was too late in seeing that
In thinking my love gone
I couldn't've been more wrong
Anyone else
I'd always be thinking
How they're not you
I'd always be thinking
How they're not you

What am I going to do?
I don't want to be
Alone in the world
But want you only
But only want you

She says how nothing's really the matter
And, as he moves towards her:
"Don't be kind, you'll only make me cry."

Now he's holding her in his arms,
Tears are streaming from her eyes.
She's sorry she gave him no second chance.
He says that she need not apologize:
"You're not to blame, the fault's all mine."

They both know how there's going to be no happy ending.
And they both know how probably there will be no finding
The like of their love again,

The like of their love again.
Then she says how she misses him,
And it's all too sad -
Made for each other,
But not made to last.

He's not crying like she's worried he is,
Only dying over this.
How did it ever get so bad
They'd end up here,
Unable to get back.,
Find their way back?

They both know how there's going to be no happy ending.
And they both know how probably there will be no finding
The like of their love again,...x2

The like of their love again.
Then she says how she misses him,
And it's all too sad -
Made for each other,
But not made to last.

So we'll just be
the greatest couple that never were
and I won't think we
stand a chance if we never did.

If you've never been mine,
then I guess I can't be losing you:
so everything's all right
your heart's not breaking,
and I don't feel as I do.

I know you're suffering
I put trouble where there wasn't any.
I know what I've done;
You know I take your words
for use as ammunition.

But I do it because
I'm scared and searching for ways that lead to you.
And I do it because
we're in love and it's obvious.

It's the rest of our lives
that's all you're making a difference to.
And it's the rest of our lives
I watch unfolding when I know I shouldn't do.


I know you're suffering
I put trouble where there wasn't any.
I know what I've done;
You know I take your words
for use as ammunition.

If you've never been mine,
then I guess I can't be losing you:
so everything's all right
your heart's not breaking,
and I don't feel as I do.

I know what I've done;
You know I take your words
for use as ammunition.

Someone stop the hands of time
every tick's a cruel blow.
I want a world that's hers and mine
while the real one's put on hold.
I want to taste the freedom we will never know.

Someone stop the hands of time
every tick's a cruel blow.
I don't want to step outside
into the night beyond the windows,
I'm just not ready yet for the ice-cold air
to bring it all home.
...

All I want is to be held
and held some more and not let go,
be told that all is well,
that our racing hearts will cope.
I want her to lie to me
it's not as if I will not know.

All I want is to be held
and held some more and not let go.
The less I have to lose, it seems,
the more I put her through.
We go round in circles,
and that is all we do;
that there's nothing we can say,
we don't let get in the way
we go round in circles
because we want to be here all day.

I don't want to step outside
into the night beyond the windows,
I'm just not ready yet for the ice-cold air
to bring it all home.

So did we ever want the same things?
You want a love you could live without.
Maybe after all we're on different wavelengths.

Something's just eluding me, somehow.
But to have an opinion
is fraught with danger

Could you ever believe
there's no hidden agenda with me?

Applying the brakes may well protect you;
boundaries in place will keep a heart safe.
But I think love should come with madness,
that there is no road you should not take.
Surviving isn't everything:
I'd rather drown than not dive in.
But what does it matter what I think?
Why should I have to understand?
What gives me the right to judge you?
And what do I know anyway
didn't you always say I don't live in the real world?

I don't live in the real world....

The ghost of an unkissed kiss
A field of snow without footprints
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it

The lights that shone for us across the water
Through the misty dusk
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it

These lonely places were touched by love
Dust for the traces and they'll show up.
These are the words we'll pack away
These are the feelings that will stay.

Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
We'll never know what we let go.
what we let go, what we let go..

How do you push aside
Something that just feels so right?
It'll always be perfect
But I didn't get to live it
We found what so many seek
But it was never ours to keep
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it

I know how unfair been on her,
that I could have made it easier
but I wanted her so bad, you see,
I just wouldn't stop at anything.

Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
We'll never know what we let go.
what we let go, what we let go..


Wrong as it was to do,
those eyes were made to look into
it'll always be perfect,
but we didn't get to live it.
So I would just do wrong
until theache became too strong
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it.

These lonely places were touched by love
Dust for the traces and they'll show up.
These are the words we'll pack away
These are the feelings that will stay.

Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
We'll never know what we let go.
what we let go, what we let go..

You've got to stop fucking her up.
You've got to grow up.
You've got to stop making her cry
she thinks you want to and you know she's right.
You're showing a side that you don't like.

You've got to trust what she feels is there
and not need to see it.
You've got to let her do what she wants with this secret.
You've got to say sorry, then not undo it.
..

You've got to let go
if not in your heart
then in what you show
and in what you start.

You've got to let go
if not in your heart
then in what you show
and in what you start.

If you love her like you say,
you won't do again what you did today -
she wouldn't even let you brush a tear away.
You won't push and push until she breaks.
It cannot be, and you've got to accept it.
Stop being so weak.
Stop being so selfish.

You can want all you like,
still you won't be getting.
When she said you were cruel, boy, she wasn't kidding.
No matter how fierce the flames may be
you've got to keep your feelings under lock and key.
The last thing you want is to feel her withdraw.
Do yourself a favour: start thinking of her.


You've got to let go
if not in your heart
then in what you show
and in what you start.
...x4

I thought that I could hear it in her voice
was almost certain something was beginning.
Though we don't talk about it,
though this should not be happening,
we just keep on tumbling.

Let us dream a while,
until the dream gets broken.
Dream a little longer.

I know that she can't be mine,
still I'm loving every minute;
it's like I've always known her

I'm not thinking clearly
all I'm seeing is how we fit;
I just love being with her.

Let us dream a while,
until the dream gets broken.
Dream a little longer

We're not thinking anything
could come of these feelings,
they can't lead anywhere,
and we know,
we're not thinking anything
could come of these feelings,
we're just not letting go.
we're just not letting go.
...

And we know we'll have to do so,
but we don't want to yet
though there's plenty of time for that later.

And we know that we're in trouble,
and we know we'll end up hurt here,
and want to be together.

Let us dream a while,
until the dream gets broken.
Dream a little longer

We're not thinking anything
could come of these feelings,
they can't lead anywhere,
and we know,
we're not thinking anything
could come of these feelings,
we're just not letting go.
we're just not letting go.

Tears flowing down the line
I listened as you cried.
The world had come down to
two people in two rooms.

Now and then I'd hear the smallest voice.
I know I wasn't strong.
I know I had a choice.
Though you try to tell me otherwise,
it's shining out of you,
it's in your eyes open them wide.

This is special and you know it too
we say we differ, but do you think we do?
What more would you like?

I understand and then... then again, I don't;
while part of me does, part of me won't.

When we see a chance to be loved
who knows what we're capable of?

Though you try to tell me otherwise,
it's shining out of you,
it's in your eyes open them wide.

This is special and you know it too
we say we differ, but do you think we do?
What more would you like?

Every story tells me this would last.
You make my heart beat twice as fast.
I see that girl who only wants to daydream.
As if we're going to lose what we have found.
You won't be so easy to be around.
I'm lost in you but you won't be losing me.
I'll fight it soon but not now,
please, not just yet, please.

The ghost of an unkissed kiss
A field of snow without footprints
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it

The lights that shone for us across the water
Through the misty dusk
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it

These lonely places were touched by love
Dust for the traces and they'll show up.
These are the words we'll pack away
These are the feelings that will stay.

Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
We'll never know what we let go.
what we let go, what we let go..

How do you push aside
Something that just feels so right?
It'll always be perfect
But I didn't get to live it
We found what so many seek
But it was never ours to keep
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it

I know how unfair been on her,
that I could have made it easier
but I wanted her so bad, you see,
I just wouldn't stop at anything.

Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
We'll never know what we let go.
what we let go, what we let go..


Wrong as it was to do,
those eyes were made to look into
it'll always be perfect,
but we didn't get to live it.
So I would just do wrong
until theache became too strong
It'll always be perfect, but we didn't get to live it.

These lonely places were touched by love
Dust for the traces and they'll show up.
These are the words we'll pack away
These are the feelings that will stay.

Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
Dry eyes, dry eyes
It was never going to end in dry eyes
We'll never know what we let go.
what we let go, what we let go..

I can always find
A pathway that will wind
Back to you - it's an easy game
Back to the angel I sent away

After all this time
Before I know it I'm
Back to you - in need again
Who's going to love you quite the same?
...

Though you sometimes seem to need it
I know my love won't be rewarded
Still I see you as a jewel
Still I carry my torch for you

I wish I could have written
The song that would have broken
Your heart again
So you could only
Make your way
Back to me

Though we've been apart
Longer than we were together
I'm still all adrift
Something still hasn't mended

Though we've been apart
Longer than we were together
I'm still all adrift
Something still hasn't mended

You're far from me
Somewhere I can't reach
I'm hearing words
From a lonely galaxy

Faced with your sorrow
I'm feeling, I feel so
Helpless for I don't know
How to make you happy
How to make you happy
...

You're far from me
Somewhere I can't reach
I'm hearing words
Sad and clear form nowhere near

Faced with your sorrow
I'm feeling, I feel so
Helpless as I hope
You can make it back alone
You can make it back alone

I know that wishing
There was something
I could do
Is of no help to you
But all the same I do
Birthday Girl
Birthday Girl
...x2

I hide myself away
Waiting to be found
But nobody knows I'm here
I won't put things right
By keeping out of sight
That much must be clear

I dream and want but I don't try
I just long and long for those dark eyes
Someone I can almost feel
And my life sleeps away
Away as I wait
To gaze into them
Like it's just going to happen
...

I've a heart that needs a home
But more needs to be done
I'm acting like life somehow owes me
I can't just trust in fate
Let shyness win and wait
Wait for the world to come to me

I dream and want but I don't try
I just long and long for those dark eyes
Someone I can almost feel
And my life slips away
Away as I wait
To gaze into them
Like it's just going to happen

As if she's just going to knock on my door
As if she's just going to knock on my door

Someone I know
Nothing about
Who has a name
Who's doing something
Right now

I dream and want but I don't try
I just long and long for those dark eyes
Someone I can almost feel
And my life sleeps away
Away as I wait
To gaze into them
Like it's just going to happen


To gaze into them
Like it's just going to happen

Do I only think what I did
Was a stupid thing because
I did not get what I wanted
Or would it have been no matter what?

What if something had happened?
Would I still have fallen apart?
What if?
Would you have pushed her right out of my heart?
Is there something I don't want to face?
Might it not have been seen a mistake?
What if something had happened?
...

And this is not to say that you were
Anything but without blame
But was I always going to lose her
If not over you then another face?

I know I missed the beginning
But isn't that only to be
Expected
I no longer know anything
I no longer know anything
Is there something I don't want to face
Was it over anyway?

Does she cast such a shadow
Because she hasn't been followed yet?
Would she do so
If someone walked in her footsteps?
Am I right to feel such regret?
Is there something I don't want to face
Could she easily be betrayed
So easily be betrayed?

I know I missed the beginning

Sleep
Cover me with your blanket
Get me out of this world
For a spell
Take me away
To the world of dreams
Where I'm not afraid of silence
Where I'm not afraid to think
I'm not so stupid I can't see
There's nothing up ahead of me
I'm not so stupid I don't know
About all of the wrong roads
the wrong roads
the wrong roads

Sleep
Cover me with your blanket
Somehow I always knew
I would not make it
I'm the sum of my mistakes
I've only got myself to blame
But what's on show -
Do I want any of it anyway?

Sleep
Can there only be
One ending
One end for me
Unsure and shy
It was easier not to try
Now I'm feeling lost and old
And that there's nowhere left to go
I'm forever seeing
Myself running
Heading for the horizon
Escaping, escaping
The choices
I have made
I chose this place
I chose this place
Sleep
Take
Me
Away

This is just to say "hello"
And to let you know
I think of you from time to time
I know I never really knew you
But somehow I miss you
And wish that you'd stayed in my life

Making contact gets harder
As the silence grows longer
And isn't it only me
Who'd like us to see each other?
How I would hate to be a bother
The way we left it was you'd ring

I'm under no illusion
As to what I meant to you
But you made an impression
And sometimes I still feel the bruise
Sometimes I still feel the bruise
...

Now and then I stumble on
What I've misplaced but never lost
An ache I first felt long ago
Though you've appeared and disappeared
Throughout these past few years
I'd be surprised if you now showed

Making contact gets harder
As the silence grows longer
And why would you think of me
When you were not the one in love?
When you were not the dreamer?
When you were just the dream?

I'm under no illusion
As to what I meant to you
But you made an impression
And sometimes I still feel the bruise
Sometimes I still feel the bruise