Lyrics

I see the apron strings you cling to
They hold you like a puppet
Stiff and reaching higher for a sky
Without a sun to shine on you

I know the reasonings you lean to
The reasons why you will not start
until the one is by your side who stays with you
Who holds your hand and stumbles through the fire for you

Well, you don't know but I can see there's something about your heart
It's coming from your past and it tears your best-laid plans apart
You don't know but I can see there's something about you and me
We were special, special, special

I see the moon above the rainfall
And I remember how I couldn't hold my heart out in my hands
to give you to break in two
I long to see beyond your shadows
To come in from the dark
Unwrapping from your cold, polite concern
As you walk away, wash your hands of me
And I'm down the drain, a lesson learned
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I know you really didn't mean to
I know you had the best intentions to be strong and kind and true
And to see us through all the reasons why
you never let those years go by

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