You were mine to hold for a minute
Now that the minute has passed
We're right at the beginning once again
And now we've come to realize

No matter how hard we tried
You were never bound to me
And I was never bound to you
So here we are at the beginning again

You were mine
If only for a minute
You were mine to hold for now
But your love belonged to somebody else

And just when I had you
You left without warning
Now here I am
Walking all alone, knowing you were never mine to love

The first and last summer that meant everything to me
I found everlasting love underneath a mirror ball
Where the rhythms kept me moving all night
It was only love for you that kept me going

The late nights spent listening to the radio
Just to hear our song played once more
Even as we fought, we would make it through the night
Because our love was strong

Heaven knows how much I miss you
But our love will last an eternity
The love I felt for you was all too real
And now you are gone

But I should let you know
No one could show me the dancefloor like you could
And no one could ever love me like you did
The last dance will always be yours

Oh darling
You changed the way I thought and felt
And I want you to know
The last dance belongs to you

For once in my life
I am glad you are not here
The deception, your evil ways
They clash with me
And in me
You are not here
And I am thankful for that

Shining under L.A. spotlights now
The nights spent drinking and sleeping under a million stars in Carolina
Playing hide and seek underneath the bridge

Crazy antics every night
From singing in the rain to brawls in the bar
Never again shall we know this

And we are moving on, moving up
Finding that it was merely just one of one nights
Moving on with someone new, moving up into a higher place in the world

It all seems so far away now
The places we were meant to be
All of it a distant memory

You gave me false hope into remembering that it was forever
The places we were meant to be, the memories we were to share, were never going to exist
I feel the memory of you, the resonance of your voice turning to white noise

All that you said, all that you were
All the time that you gave
Gave me enough to change my memories

Here I am
Standing in a nightmarish world
Hear the footsteps approach
But nothing in sight
A deafening siren but no panic

There is a storm coming in
There is no way to stop it
The darkness looms over the city
Drowning all those stuck in this so called paradise
Leaving them stranded in a lost world

Dark and silent, no clue as to what surrounds my body
Beckoned by an intimate calling
Is what I see real? Is what I hear true?
I know nothing of this world
Tell me, am I dreaming?

You showed me I could create such beauty
I wondered when that would fade away
I want it to stay this way

You held my hand a moon ago
As we fell asleep side by side
I want it to stay like this

You taught me how to swim in mighty rivers
Even though I was scared of diving in

You make me feel love
I wondered how long it could last
I want it to stay this way

You told me not to feel the pain when you left
I wondered when time could bring you back to me
I want you to stay with me

You came crashing and went running
And I wondered how can it stay this way

Caught up in this state of emotion
Where to turn, where to go
How do I deal with such matters of insignificance?
I am captive within these confines of my mind

Hung up in these thoughts of you
Wishing I could start anew all over again
Without the thought of you haunting me
Wishing I had never spoken

Too many times I found myself in these circumstances
Wondering how far I can go before I lose all hope
How deep do I dig until I lose the light
I went too far and lost sight of what I was looking for