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....If I Stayed Away....
if i stayed away
would you soon forget me
would your life go back to the way it used to be
would you smile again
would you do all the things you knew you could
would you hold another's hand
would your lips kiss again
would you lose yourself in the arms of another
would your life be better
would your fears all soon fade
would all the tears you've cried dry
would all your dreams all be realized
if i stayed away
would i ever cross your mind
would i be just another thorn in your side
would i make you want run just at the thought of my embrace
would i ever have a place in your heart again
or did i ever
if i stayed away
could you finally find peace
could you finally find hope
could you finally be made whole
could you finally learn to trust again
to love again
if i stayed away
and i knew in my heart that it was the right thing to do
i would run so very far away
i would never come back
i would never ever torture you with memories of all i wanted
i would cut out that part of me
that roots down deep in my soul
and toss in into the hottest flames
until it was ash
if i knew it would make you happy
if i stayed away
would you ever forgive me
because i cannot forgive myself
would you ever love me
because i cannot love myself
do you remember all those things you said i was to you
do you remember how that made me feel
do you remember how i told you no woman had ever said such things to me in all my years
do you remember the sound of my voice when i finally slept soundly
do you remember the passion in my voice when i would say your name
do you remember i said i would not leave you
because if all that meant nothing
then maybe it would be better
if i stayed away
if i stayed away
would you soon forget me
would your life go back to the way it used to be
would you smile again
would you do all the things you knew you could
would you hold another's hand
would your lips kiss again
would you lose yourself in the arms of another
would your life be better
would your fears all soon fade
would all the tears you've cried dry
would all your dreams all be realized
if i stayed away
would i ever cross your mind
would i be just another thorn in your side
would i make you want run just at the thought of my embrace
would i ever have a place in your heart again
or did i ever
if i stayed away
could you finally find peace
could you finally find hope
could you finally be made whole
could you finally learn to trust again
to love again
if i stayed away
and i knew in my heart that it was the right thing to do
i would run so very far away
i would never come back
i would never ever torture you with memories of all i wanted
i would cut out that part of me
that roots down deep in my soul
and toss in into the hottest flames
until it was ash
if i knew it would make you happy
if i stayed away
would you ever forgive me
because i cannot forgive myself
would you ever love me
because i cannot love myself
do you remember all those things you said i was to you
do you remember how that made me feel
do you remember how i told you no woman had ever said such things to me in all my years
do you remember the sound of my voice when i finally slept soundly
do you remember the passion in my voice when i would say your name
do you remember i said i would not leave you
because if all that meant nothing
then maybe it would be better
if i stayed away