Shade

Years go by when you're counting your tears
Take time and I wonder why
I traded in your love and your presence
For just a little bit of a sweet synthetic feeling
Just some late night stealing
Of broken emotions
Love is an ocean
Found under neon lights in a potion
And now you let me drown

But I still feel you there
You're the broken side of me
As tides turn and bridges burn I'm gonna need something
To help me keep you there
You're the brighter side of me
I can't hold or let you go under the shade you bring

Well say something, move closer
Cause I just cant understand it; the way you let me go
It's alright now
We're older
You can tell me the feelings that you just never show
I'm everything that you asked of me
In the past four years
But you keep your pace
I feel you pushing the distance now
Cause we're not the kids who fell in love that day
And it's been so long

But I still feel you there
You're the broken side of me
As tides turn and bridges burn I'm gonna need something
To help me keep you there
You're the brighter side of me
I can't hold or let you go under the shade you
The shade you bring

It's like you took away the sun from me
I swear I never felt colder
I feel you in the air, it's like you're chained to me
You still walk the halls of the home you kept
But you won't admit that you're in my chest
You're still the shade on the walls I know
You're still the pain that I can't forget

But I still feel you there
You're the broken side of me
As tides turn and bridges burn I'm gonna need something
To help me keep you there
You're the brighter side of me
I can't hold or let you go under the shade you bring

Years go by when you're counting your tears
Take time and I wonder why
I traded in your love and your presence
For just a little bit of a sweet synthetic