Little Brown Box

I'll always love you
But only from afar
I keep a little brown box
In the doorway to my heart
And I'll collect screams
And letters for you in there
And men who visit
Just have to live with it
'Cause I'm not letting it go
Anywhere

I'm not gonna wait 'till everyones dead
To write it all down
I'm gonna say it right now
Ever since the summer in bed
My feet haven't touched the ground
And I always come back to you somehow
But I need to come back
Home now

And I open it up every now and again
Think about how no one's ever touched me like you did
And all the time we spent wishing I was there instead
I close it nice and tight and think about it sealed at night
And when I'm lucky I run out of tape
And dream and dream of our great escape
Growing out of kids,
Becoming what we did
But I was 12 once
And you knew my name

I'm not gonna wait 'till everyones dead
To write it all down
I'm gonna say it right now
Ever since the summer in bed
My feet haven't touched the ground
And I always come back to you somehow
But I need to come back
Home now

I have told myself that it won't be you that I marry
But maybe our kids will be friends
That's a pain in my chest that I've chosen not to carry
Anymore
If your wife loves you like I do
On that it depends