I drained my body of all the strength I had left.

Somewhere along the way,

I abandoned myself.

Hope is just what smolders,

after the flame is too weak to burn.

These hands are too busy,

catching tears,

to protect the flame from breath.

Your words settle in the bottom of my stomach,

to evaporate with time,

and find a resting place,

deep in this warring mind.

I never wanted you to be unhappy.

You cry at night,

and fumble over empty bottles,

trying to find just one more,

to wash it all away.

I am too weak to help you,

even if I knew what to say.

What else can I offer you,

but my heart?

When you hold my heart,

hopefully you can feel that feeling too,

that beat that thuds to a different rhythm,

the beat just for you.

How do I stop this?

I know this is a mistake.

Never before,

has it been clearer to me,

that you and I,

are meant to be.

I need you right now,

this second,

to wait another just won’t do.

I need you.

These feet will run,

until I am on your doorstep.

Let me in,

all I have wanted you to do,

was let me in.

When I hold you with my eyes,

Can you still deny me?

Can you still deny this was not meant to be?

I will cross my heart and hope to…

You know I would never lie to you.

I won’t let you be the girl that got away.

You are the girl that won’t fade,

You are the girl I can’t get off of my mind.

You are the girl…that filled my yesterdays.

Tomorrow might not mean a thing,

but today may be my only chance.

Can you feel it? Can you feel it now?

Can you feel this heart beating?

The beat just for you?

can you feel it…?

please tell me you can feel it…

Our words will lay eternal,

under this glowing southern sky.

please don’t be the girl that got away…

today may be my only chance,

Can you feel it?

Can you feel this heart beating for you?