written june 21, 2008 at 10:41am

all those years
i held back
afraid to love
afraid to be hurt
i built a wall
around my heart
to keep it safe
to keep it mine
you came along
and from the start
i knew i could love you
i knew we weren't ready
friends and occasionally
something more
we kept it cool
we kept it level
then last year i tried
to let love in
but he broke my heart
but he left me in tears
i built up the wall
thicker than before
nobody's gonna get in
nobody's gonna hurt me
last winter my demons
made me push everyone away
you refused to disappear
you refused to desert me
that's how you found it
the hole in my armor
you broke down the wall
you broke into my heart
i let myself fall in love
i started to believe
that maybe this time could be different
that maybe love could be ours
but you hold yourself back
you can't let yourself fall
because there's another
because you might have a chance
with someone better than me
ah it's always that way
i'm waiting in the background
i'm waiting in the wings
i'll always be waiting

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