La-da-da-da-da, mmm, mmm-hmm

Doesn't it ever stay? Must it always fade away?
Couldn't love ever be something tangible and real?
Oh, farewell, fair-weather-friend
Abandonment returns to taunt me, again

I only wanted you to stay, linger, and mean the words you say
Foolishly, I romanticized someone was saving my life
For the first time
I only wanted you to be there when I open up my eyes

I was caught in your masquerade, wish I'd stayed beneath my veil
But it just seemed so easy to open-up myself to you
Oh, once more, into the wind, the embers scatter
And the chill settles-in

I only wanted you to stay, linger, and mean the words you say
Foolishly, I romanticized someone was saving my life
For the first time
I only wanted you to be there when I open up my eyes

Oh, oh, oh
Da-da-da da-da da-da
Da-da-da, da-da da-da
Mmm, hmm

Oh, I only wanted you to stay, linger, and mean the words you say
Foolishly, I romanticized someone was saving my life
For the first time
I only wanted you to be the one to get me through the night

I only wanted you to be there when I open up my eyes
Oh, doesn't it ever stay?
I only wanted you to stay