Something to Hold Onto

She still sings of the way it feels to know
She'll be held close by the one she calls her own.
But I still know damn well
That I never got to say how I really felt.

Given that it's over now,
She still attempts to make a sound,
But it's not only a cry for help,
But the fear of never being held again.

And I never took it back:
The feeling of bearing the facts.

And I never took it back
'Cause you could say the truth was all I had.
But the feeling of bearing the facts
Was too much too soon to carry back.

And she bears the blame again and again,
But she knows it's not her fight to defend,
And I never showed her that, no.

Could you fathom the world at all
If you felt any bit as alone as she?
Would you fight the urge to
Relinquish what you believe?

Oh god, I tried to,
But it was better to hide the sting of being lied to
For so long, for so long, for so long.

Holed up inside a nest of everything that reminds her
Of the way it felt to have somebody beside her.
And I never showed her the only way out
(The only way out).

Could you fathom the world at all
If you felt any bit as alone as she?
Would you fight the urge to
Relinquish the memory of when she said,

"You don't have to stay,
I could be okay on my own:
The side of me you'd always dreamed of.
It's better left unsaid what really happened, then,

The day you walked out of my bedroom and left.

The day you walked out of my bedroom and left."

She might not know
She'll be better alone.
It could be so long before anybody's home.
'Cause I never showed her the only way out
Was for her to learn to love herself.

Was for her to learn to love herself.

Could you fathom the world at all
If you felt any bit as alone as she?
Did you fight the urge to
Relinquish what you believe?

(When she said)
"You don't have to stay,
I could be okay on my own:
The side of me you'd always dreamed of.
It's better left unsaid what really happened, then,
The day you walked out of my bedroom and left."