Just the other night
a girl was crying
in the room beside me,
and in my bedroom light
I saw a vision,
you came to visit me.
I promised you I would drive
you to Donegal
if you would visit me.
I don't know why
it comes back to me now.
And I've denied it but it turns out to be true:
we mostly regret what we didn't do.
The couple have broken up.
The girl is crying
and the boy is angry.
Neither have had enough,
it's just that life sometimes
gets in the way.
If I could show you love
in some small way,
you wouldn't notice me,
maybe I could make up
for everything.
Do you remember promises I didn't break?
Or do you know me now by my mistakes?
I want to say...
That if you were still mine I'd do it all.
I'd not let the pieces lie where they fall.
I'd drive you to Donegal.
The boy has moved out.
The bed is empty
as the one next to me.
And I am in no doubt
that I'm the only one
seeing symmetry.
Maybe we're not so special
with our broken hearts?
I sing a million miles
from where you are.
The girl has left the building with red puffy eyes.
I can't imagine that the boy cries.
I realise....
That if you were still mine I'd do it all.
I'd not let the pieces lie where they fall,
where I can only watch them, watch them.
And I've slipped back in time and I can only stare.
And my heart breaks to see you standing there,
a white flash in your hair, your laughter in the air,
but that's just how I would remember you.
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