Courtyard

You were
Like a primrose through the window
Of a lightly furnished room
In a gently tarnished home
Upon a brightened bricked road

And you were
Rows of street lamps in the midnight
Chasing darkness up and down the block
'til the morning stumbles in
As you ask it, "where ya been?"

And why
Must I now speak of you in past tense?
Like I'm thumbing through an atlas
Of a world I used to know
Marking spots you didn't go

And why
Must I only find you when the time slows?
Or maybe when the sun goes
Like I found you in the shade
In a courtyard yesterday

'Cause I
I was crying in the courtyard
I was crying in the courtyard
And you're never gonna know
No, you're never gonna know

That I
I was crying in the courtyard
It was only in the courtyard
And you're never gonna know
No, you're never gonna know

I never got to say goodbye to
You never got to say goodbye too
I never got to say goodbye to
You never got to say goodbye too

Hey, do you think you could forgive me?
Do you think I could forgive you?
Do you think I'll be okay
When I think of you today?

'Cause I
I was crying in the courtyard
I was crying in the courtyard
And you're never gonna know
No, you're never gonna know

That I
I was crying in the courtyard
It was only in the courtyard
And you're never gonna know
No, you're never gonna know