[intro] [verse] He came from somewhere in her distant past A sentimental fool who could not last Trying hard to recreate a scene A feeling that had never truly been She mustered up a smile for his old tale Never touching truths that would prevail And only then he knew within his soul It never could be real and never whole [verse] She held a place inside his life back then He never made her doubt or wonder when He took her weak apology as true What anyone with sense would clearly view Is him just standing there and watching her As she becomes a fading distant blur [pre-chorus] But what a fool believes he sees so clear No wise man can explain or bring it near [chorus] What seems to be is better than the void A better choice than being unemployed And nothing sends him back to long ago Where he can still believe and hope to know That there's a place for him within her life Someday somewhere she ends this endless strife [verse] She held a place inside his life back then He never made her doubt or wonder when He took her weak apology as true What anyone with sense would clearly view Is him just standing there and watching her As she becomes a fading distant blur [pre-chorus] But what a fool believes he sees so clear No wise man can explain or bring it near [chorus] What seems to be is better than the void A better choice than being unemployed And nothing sends him back to long ago Where he can still believe and hope to know That there's a place for him within her life Someday somewhere she ends this endless strife [chorus] What seems to be is better than the void A better choice than being unemployed And nothing sends him back to long ago Where he can still believe and hope to know That there's a place for him within her life Someday somewhere she ends this endless strife [outro]
