Only When You Go

You say the right things at the wrong time

Touch my hand then draw the line

You give just enough to keep me near

But never close

Never clear

We light a match and call it love

Then drown it out with not enough

I hold my breath when you're around

But I'm the one

Who always drowns

And I feel you

Only when you go

Like the echo

Of a song I'll never know

You pull me close then disappear

I lose you just to keep you near

And I feel you

Only when you go

Your voice is velvet over wire

A lullaby with barbed desire

You haunt the room you used to fill

And somehow

You're haunting still

Cause I feel you

Only when you go

Like a shadow

Dancing soft beneath the glow

I reach for you but touch regret

You're everything I can't forget

And I feel you

Only when you go

I don't know what we are

But I know what we're not

A love that stays

A love that's whole

Is something we forgot

And I feel you

Only when you go

Like the silence

Right before the undertow

You leave your name beneath my skin

A whisper I still breathe you in

And I feel you

I still feel you

Only when you go