Lyric

We stood so close, but miles apart

You were the film, I was the dark

A voice off-screen, a nameless role

I loved you whole, you never knew

I played it soft, a one-man show

Smiled through the ache I couldn’t show

Right by your side, but never in

You let me near, not all the way

Maybe one more life, one more design

Maybe new stars would change our lines

Maybe if I were less undone

I could have been your chosen one

But I’m not the one your soul will find

Not the name in your sky tonight

I know, but I don’t go

I know, but I don’t go

You say “goodbye,” I stay too close

Half in your light, half in my grief

You’re out of reach, still under me

If forever won’t let us be

Why do you still feel like destiny?

I know, but I don’t go

I know, but I don’t go

Maybe we met the wrong way round

Wrong time, wrong turn, wrong holy ground

Maybe my heart was built too thin

Too full of want, too loud within

But every road returns your name

Every room burns back to the same

I touch your hand, not where you are

I get your warmth, not all your heart

Maybe one more world, one more begin

You and I could have fit in

But truth looks back through your clear eyes

And I can’t hide from what it says

’Cause I’m not the one your soul will find

Not the name in your sky tonight

I know, but I don’t go

I know, but I don’t go

You say “goodbye,” I stay too close

Half in your light, half in my grief

You’re out of reach, still under me

If forever won’t let us be

Why do you still feel like destiny?

I know, but I don’t go

I know, but I don’t go

What are you then?

A cut that shines? A prayer gone still?

A stolen life? A door half-closed?

A vow half-broke? A dream that lives

On borrowed hope?

I don’t know how to name this truth

I only know I ruined youth

Calling you mine inside my mind

When all along you weren’t designed

For me

No, I’m not the one your future needs

Not the hand you were meant to reach

I know, but I don’t go

I know, but I don’t go

Love lets go, I hold it close

Say “goodbye,” I break in two

One part leaves, one stays with you

I may never know what we could be

I only know you’ll always be

Beautiful

Beautiful

Beautiful to me

I know, but I don’t go

I know, but I don’t go

You’re not mine, still I don’t go