Lyrics

For Keeps

You touched places in my heart that had been closed for centuries
It was like you knew me for forty lifetimes before we spoke
I know the higher forces set us up
Saw them light a match and I was engulfed

But your dreams don’t include me in your life
They never could, we were never right
But now I’m sobbing on my piano every night
Drowning in this wishing well I can’t climb

So go and take my heart
If I loved you half as much I’d beg you to stay
Go...take your leave
If I ever cross your mind just let it fade
Into somewhere deep
Where I am yours and you are mine for keeps
 
Must be some kind of masochistic need
To cling to something so wrong for me
I’m calling on you angels, can you hear me?
Unshackle me and set me free

Convince me that we're stronger apart
Deep down I know this love carries on
If I can’t touch you that’s the way it has to be
Cause I want the best for you and that doesn’t include me

So go and take my heart
If I loved you half as much I’d beg you to stay
Go...take your leave
If I ever cross your mind just let it fade
Into somewhere deep
Where I am yours and you are mine for keeps

You were sunlight in an endless winter freezing in my sleep
You were an oasis when I was crawling through the desert on my knees
And I see your eyes on mine, I see you just across the bridge
It’s not our time but it is what it is

So go and take my heart
If I loved you half as much I’d beg you to stay
Go...take your leave
If I ever cross your mind just let it fade
Into somewhere deep
Where I am yours and you are mine for keeps


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