Turn the lights out when you go
I’ll be staying for awhile
Clinging desperately to hope
(A foolish notion, after all)
But one that I can’t seem to shake
The band stopped playing long ago
The party’s over, wrap it up
I’m just a shell of what I was
It’s far past time to let it go
If this really is a dream
please don’t ever let me wake
I can’t face the way it’s gone
I won’t acknowledge that I lost
I haven’t moved yet from this place
These hallowed halls you left me in
I’ll be here waiting til the end
Eager for your smiling face
You know, the one I’ll never see
I threw that right away for good
You’re never coming back again
I don’t know why I’m still right here
Let’s start it all over again
This time the puzzle piece will fit
the jagged lines will make us whole
(until I break something again)
Let’s be frank, the time has passed
I’m hanging onto nothing real
My hands are empty, save regret
There’s nothing here for me at all
But I can’t bring myself to leave
so just shut it down for me
I’ll be behind you as you leave
There’s still a few more tears to cry
A little mourning of the past
and maybe I’ll be good to go
But I don’t want to walk away
until the shine fades far away
