The Cost of Loving You

[Verse 1] I held the window Open wide Watched you vanish Into the night Your life was in my hands And I let you fly But the cost of love Is the weight I hide [Pre-Chorus] They called it duty They called it peace But what they gave away Was a part of me [Chorus] This is the price of loving you A place in a stranger’s home A bed I never chose A heart turned stone You walked toward freedom But they chained me through This is the price The price of loving you [Verse 2] I wore the veil But it wasn’t mine Another man’s promise Took your place in time He held me gently But I lived apart ’Cause your shadow lingered In the corners of my heart [Pre-Chorus] If saving you Was my one true deed Then why was I The one left to bleed? [Chorus] This is the price of loving you The silence in my name The years of waiting No one to blame You rose to glory While I stood bruised This is the price The price of loving you [Bridge] I kept the memory Pressed like wine A sweetness stolen Before its time And every night I’d dream you near But wake beside A life of fear [Final Chorus] This is the price of loving you A war I never chose A promise broken A kingdom’s ghost And though they took me Where I couldn’t choose This is the price I paid for loving you [(soft, nearly spoken)] This is the price… The price of loving you