leaving new york

it's quiet now

and what it brings

is everything

comes calling back

a brilliant night

i'm still awake

i looked ahead

i'm sure i saw you there

you don't need me

to tell you now

that nothing can compare

you might have laughed if i told you

you might have hidden a frown

you might have succeeded in changing me

i might have been turned around

it's easier to leave than to be left behind

leaving was never my proud

leaving new york

never easy

i saw the light fading out

now life is sweet

and what it brings

i tried to take

but loneliness

it wears me out

it lies in wait

and i've lost

still in my eyes

the shadow of necklace

across your thigh

i might've lived my life in a dream

but i swear

this is real

memory fuses and shatters like glass

mercurial future

forget the past

it's you

it's what i feel. you might have laughed if i told you

you might have hidden a frown

you might have succeeded in changing me

i might have been turned around

it's easier to leave than to be left behind

leaving was never my proud

leaving new york

never easy

i saw the light fading out

you find it in your heart

it's pulling me apart

you find it in your heart

change. i told you

forever

i love you

forever

i told you

i love you

i love you

forever

i told you

forever

you never

you never

you told me forever

you might have laughed if i told you

you might have hidden the frown

you might have succeeded in changing me

i might have been turned around

it's easier to leave than to be left behind

leaving was never my proud

leaving new york never easy

i saw the life fading out

leaving new york

never easy

i saw the light fading out

leaving new york never easy

i saw the life fading out