It's the light you see underneath the door And the shadow of the footsteps on the floor The hang-up call that you can't ignore It's the face across the room that makes your heart beat fast And your own reflection in the bottom of a broken glass Just like the night before And the noisy clock aside your bed Even with the pillow wrapped around your head The voice inside that won't shut up The poundin in your chest That just won't stop It's hard to lose the love we make Can't take the longing We won't forget, we might forgive We don't outlive the longing It's the time you spend at the matinee 'Cause you can't go home where you have to face The stupid life half lived and the other half not worth living You turn on the light but it's still pitch dark And the writing on the wall is a question mark You don't know where and you don't know when But if you'll ever have the strength to try again It's hard to lose the love we make Can't take the longing We won't forget, we might forgive We don't outlive the longing The wanting The needing The feeling of the reaching for the rest of your life It's hard to lose the love we make Can't take the longing We won't forget, we might forgive We don't outlive the longing Ohhh the longing