I had a house while you were gone

The week after you left me

I found a couple acres

Near Sarilla Park

I had a house while you were gone

A house with silver shutters

And a driveway laid in marble

And thousands of rooms to fill

And miles of space to fly

And I tried to believe it,

It was better without you

I was safer alone


No, I'd give it all for you

I'd give it all for you by my side once more

Oh, I'd give it all for you

I'd give it all to hold you again

To feel I'm completed

To know there and then

That all that I needed

Was you to fight the fear

And now you're here


I took a trip while I was gone

I cashed in all my savings

And bought an Eldorado

Drove to Tennessee

I took a trip while I was gone

I drove across the country

And I stopped at lots of diners

And stared at a million stars

And thought I could touch the sky

And I tried to believe it,

It was better without you

I was finally free


No, I'd give it all for you

I'd give it all for you by my side once more

Oh, I'd give it all for you

I'd give it ‘cause the mountains I climb

Get higher and higher

I'm running from time

And walking through fire

And dreams just don't come true

But now there's you


God knows it's easy to hide,

Easy to hide from the things that you feel

And harder to blindly trust

What you can't understand

God knows it's easy to run,

Easy to run from the people you love

And harder to stand and fight

For the things you believe


Nothing about us was perfect or clear

But when paradise calls me

I'd rather be here

There's something between us

That nobody else needs to see


There were oceans to cross

There were mountains to conquer

And I stood on the shore

And I stood on the cliff

And the second before I jumped

I knew where I needed to be


Oh, I gave it all for you

I gave it all for you by my side once more

Oh, I gave it all for you

I gave it ‘cause it's harder to touch

The things that are dearer

I love you too much

To trust something clearer

I know I fell too far

But here you are