You And I

This is an all too familiar scene
Life imperceptibly coming between
Those whose love is as strong as it could or should be.

Nothing has altered
Yet everything's changed
No one stands still
Still I love you completely
And hope I always will.

Why do we need to put love into words?
Causing confusion
We protest, explain
Reassure, in vain
Come to no conclusion.

I'd give the world to stay just as we are
It's better by far
Not to be too wise
Not to realize.

Where there's truth there will be lies
You and I
We've seen it all
Been down this road before
Yet we go on believing.

You and I
We've seen it all
Chasing our hearts desire
Yet we go on believing
Nothing can harm us
This is forever.

You knew better than me
Where your ambitions would take us
I knew sooner than you
That those ambitions would break us.

You would not believe me
Why should you believe me?
I held you back
You and your dreams.

Who needs a dream?
Who needs ambition?
Who'd be the fool
In my position?

Year after year
I'm still denying
Anything's changed
Anything's dying
But then.

You and I
We've seen it all
Been down this road before
But we went on believing.

You and I
We've seen it all
Chasing our heart's desire
But I go on pretending
Stories like ours
Have happy endings.