VERSE It’s been five years since you held my hand You’ve been holding hers longer than you ever held mine I wonder if she holds you like I did I guess if she does, that’s fine But if you hold her like you held me, Don’t tell me Keep me on the line CHORUS There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right The days are so long past We burned so bright that I knew it could never last But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry And it’s “Why?” VERSE Sometimes I think that you must be happy Or at least I think that you must think that you’re happy ‘Cause if you still think of me like I think of you You wouldn’t be happy, you couldn’t be You couldn’t be happy Without you and me. CHORUS There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right The days are so long past We burned so bright that I knew it could never last But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry And it’s “Why?” VERSE I saw you both one day at the park I almost stopped and said hi, but you smiled at her And it was like sun and stars And I felt my heart shatter The bigger your smile, the bigger the break And I guess you and I We didn’t really matter. CHORUS There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right The days are so long past We burned so bright that I knew it could never last But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry And it’s “Why?” BRIDGE I remember every caress I remember every promise CHORUS There was darkness, yeah, but there was so much light I wanted you, you wanted me, it was just so right The days are so long past We burned so bright that I knew it could never last But still, there’s really only one thing that I cry And it’s “Why?” You and I didn’t really matter And I just wonder why