Lyrics:

It's quiet now and what it brings
Is everything
Comes calling back, a brilliant night
I'm still awake

I looked ahead

I'm sure I saw you there

You don't need me to tell you now

That nothing can compare


You might have laughed if I told you

You might have hidden a frown

You might have succeeded in changing me

I might have been turned around


It's easier to leave than to be left behind

Leaving was never my proud

Leaving New York never easy

I saw the light fading out


Now life is sweet and what it brings

I tried to take

But loneliness, it wears me out

It lies in way


And all not lost, still in my eyes

The shadow of necklace across your thigh

I might have lived my life in a dream

But I swear, this is real


Memory fuses and shatters like glass

Mercurial future, forget the past

It's you, it's what I feel


You might have laughed if I told you

You might have hidden a frown

You might have succeeded in changing me

I might have been turned around


It's easier to leave than to be left behind

Leaving was never my proud

Leaving New York never easy

I saw the light fading out


You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart

You find it in your heart, change


I told you forever

I love you forever

I told you, I love you


I love you forever

I told you forever

I love you forever

I told you, I love you

I love you forever


You never, you never

You told me forever


You might have laughed if I told you

You might have hidden the frown

You might have succeeded in changing me

I might have been turned around


It's easier to leave than to be left behind

Leaving was never my proud

Leaving New York never easy

I saw the life fading out


Leaving New York never easy

I saw the light fading out

Leaving New York never easy

I saw the life fading out


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