I don't grasp big ideas or fate, The laws of love, the why, the wait. Just one true thing from the very start: I want to watch you, here in my heart. From the corner, I watched you sing, Tears falling for some other spring. Your voice would crack, begin to fray, With every desperate sound you'd pray. "I want to be you," was in your song. A love you knew did not belong. Unreturned, and still you'd shout, Until the last light flickered out. The one you love, I've never known, A shadow where your heart is sown. But for the one your soul's defined... A quiet envy claws my mind. I have no proof, no grand design, No offering that's truly fine. But this one truth I can't deny: These feelings aren't a passing lie. "Let me dry your tears"โ€”I can't be that brave. Words that grand just sink and cave. But if you'd let me stay nearby, That alone would justify. I'm not clever, words come slow, Just a simple heart's dull glow. But your song, your lonely art, Makes me never want to part. We walked home, the last train gone, Humming a sad and hopeless dawn. A tune for someone else's ear, A silent ghost, I walked you near. You, with your cafรฉ au lait, Waiting for the heat to fade. Those little, ordinary things Gave my soul its clumsy wings. I can't be cool or sharp or strong, My quiet love feels all wrong. But when the world turns grey and grim, I'll be the shadow standing in. It's not enough, it's far too small, This fragile truth I have to haul. But it's the only thing that's true, This sorry love I offer you. "Let me steal your heart"โ€”I'd never dare, My love's just clumsy, threadbare. But if my place could make you smile, I'd stand right here a little while. I don't know all your hurt and past, What made your happy moments last. But you, right here, beneath this sky, Are the single, simple reason why. So tell me... When will you turn and walk away From that empty, yesterday? ...I can't ask. I don't know how. I have no claim on you right now. But if you ever face the sun, Your old, lost chasing finally done... Could my shadow be the one? I love you. That's true. No other words will ever do.... "To light your future"โ€”words ring thin and trite. But if I could walk your road, step into your light... That alone would be enough, my only truth. I don't know what you need, or how to earn your love. But every single heartbeat pounds for you, my sun. Your song, though never meant for me to hear, Chased away my dark, my doubt, my fear. The big ideas? I can't pretend. And yet... I know exactly where they end... I love you. Let me know your soul.