The Letter

It takes strength to love, to care, to share
It takes hope to hold on until the end
And you'll notice the weak are the first to leave
Oh I'd rather be this way
And I'd rather be this way

So I wrote you a letter
And left it on
Your doorstep
And I turned away in the fading light
And held onto my steering wheel tight as I said my final goodbye

You loved me as I am
And that I couldn't understand
So our rocket lost in space
A lifetime is a universe away
But what I learned from you can never change

So I wrote you a letter
And left it on
Your doorstep
And I turned away in the fading light
And held onto my steering wheel tight as I said my final goodbye
And two years from now
My hair will be long
You'll spot me out in a vacant crowd
And you'll think
"What have I lost"
But darling I'll be so far gone
Cause you told me to move on

And you watched me bleed
And break into a thousand pieces
A small town love
I thought that we were strong enough but no
You lost the faith
Erased me from your memory when I did nothing wrong
It took so long to finish this song