[Verse 1]
I watched your back door close
Like winter on my skin
Your key still in my palm
Where your warm hand had been
I kept the house too quiet
Kept your side of the bed
And every little thing I touched
Spoke the words we never said
[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to be your harbor
But the waves came through my name
I held on with both hands
Still I lost you just the same
[Chorus]
I loved you from afar
I loved you from afar
If love could have made me enough
You would have stayed, you would have stayed
I loved you from afar
I loved you from afar
And I will, and I will
Till my last breath fades away
[Verse 2]
Now your jacket’s on the chair
And the rain taps at the glass
I hear your laugh in strangers
Then it slips away too fast
I tell myself you’re sleeping
Under some kinder sky
But truth sits heavy in the dark
And makes me cry inside
[Pre-Chorus]
I tried to be your harbor
But the waves came through my name
I held on with both hands
Still I lost you just the same
[Chorus]
I loved you from afar
I loved you from afar
If love could have made me enough
You would have stayed, you would have stayed
I loved you from afar
I loved you from afar
And I will, and I will
Till my last breath fades away
[Bridge]
Go on and live the life you deserved
Go where the sky can hold your hurt
I’ll be the echo under your skin
The girl who loved you, then let you in
[Final Chorus]
I loved you from afar
I loved you from afar
If love could have made me enough
You would have stayed, you would have stayed
I loved you from afar
I loved you from afar
And I will, and I will
Always, though you’re far away