My gosh The memory of you is fading I don't want to erase it I don't want to fade away I don't want to forget you Like the moment you wake from a beautiful dream When you reach out your hand and whisper, "please, wait," Suddenly dragged back Into this nightmare of a reality I still cannot delete your photos It would feel like denying everything I am Those who cling to a faded glory They must all have felt this way To me, you were success itself And to you what was I? That unanswered question settles low in my belly Heavy, gnawing at my heart How much time has passed Since the day you left me behind? The past cannot be erased The regret will not fade In the end, before I know it, I am thinking of you again My greatest happiness now Is the moment I am not remembering you Like clutching my head, "no more," The memories that made me Now destroy me The "past" you gave me, I cannot throw it away What an elaborate cruelty this is Everything, everything you ever gave me Was always exactly what I needed To me, you were happiness itself And to you what was I? Between ideal and reality, between life and death On the very edge, I am still alive
