You're a Memory

I'll never see you again You're a memory or a dream Or a face on a screen once in a while And I hate that Stumbling around in the dark In a cold house that wasn't mine I'd walk the dog, read a book You were on my mind some of the time Sometimes things get in the way Like commitment Like second thoughts Like fear Or like the ocean Birthdays they come and go Some I remember I think I might remember that one Maybe not And I took the long road home on purpose A few more minutes to talk About nothing for the last time It was only then that I knew Sometimes things get in the way Like water Like this stubborn heart Like a fear, of devotion Sometimes things get in the way Like water Like this wretched heart Like a fear Of a distance that's real It separates us How could it do that to you? 'Cause you, you, you're a memory