I feel lost and alone the past haunting me.
I know you care but it's not the same as it once was.
I wish you could see into my soul and know the love I feel.

I wish I could see the strength in my soul just as you see it.
I'm not strong like you believe, I'm weak and fragile and my heart is breaking.
I'm scared of what I see, I'm scared of what I feel, I'm scared of what I know.

Images of the past dance in my mind, showing me pretty pictures of what once was.
Now it fades into ash and dust, and the pictures fade away.
The pictures are not lost though, just forgotten for a time...

Forgotten until you find the key that unlocks the memory
Then they come spilling forth
And my heart breaks again because I can't tell you without fear of rejection.

Things are different now for both of us, it isn't the same as it once was
The fear looms near and my heart feels it creeping in.
I just want to tell you all I see, I want you to know what I know...

I want you to believe as I do...it won't change anything in the present
I just want you to know -- then maybe the pain in my heart will ease
Maybe I can listen to a ballad and not cry for the memory of you.

My heart longs for you
but my fear holds me back
and I sit and cry for you.