No way out from what I used to be Outside the school it was cold, but it was the end of May I bit my lips again. It was just too much for me To call things by their name And then run away and hide So I walked for hours always hoping to be wrong But I was not wrong this time: I wanted you Was I aware of what I was missing? I moved against the tide, rejecting something that could have I was so young and weak, hoping and loving The music on my side, my life against my life I was in love like an ever flowing stream You were the letter that I wrote but I have not sent So I walked for hours always hoping to be wrong But I was not wrong this time: I wanted you Was I aware of what I was missing? I moved against the tide, rejecting something that could have I was so young and weak, hoping and loving The music on my side, my life against my life