It gave us a purpose, sometimes It gave us a reason, and a rhyme Looking for meaning in song Such inner searching, so long So long But we laughed And we cried And we fought And we tried And we failed But I loved you I loved you Building foundations, straining Such good intentions, failing Slowly we faltered from the line Slowly dissolving our time Our time But we laughed And we cried And we fought And we tried And we failed But I loved you I loved you I loved you I loved you I loved you