If I didn't remember
To say 'I love you'
If I didn't treat you
The way that I should
If I caused you nothing but pain
If I hurt you again and again
I know I'm losing you
I know it's true

But there is an absence
A love that I can't see
Scattered emotions
Lost upon the breeze
What is the thing we live for
That keeps us sane?
Only a recollection
Nothing else remains

I'll never stop needing
Our love to be true
The love that I gave you
Meant nothing to you
But I can't live in fantasy
And I can't hold on to dreams

There is an absence
A love that I can't feel
Scattered emotions
Lost upon the breeze
What is the thing we live for
That keeps us sane?
Only a recollection
Nothing else remains

Mmm, love is all I lived for
Love is all I need
You are still the only
Only one I see 
 


There is an absence
A love that I can't feel
Scattered emotions
Lost upon the breeze
What is this thing we live for
That keeps us sane?
Only a recollection
Nothing else remains

Yeah, there is this absence
A love that I can't feel
Shattered devotion
Taken out to sea
Why does the thing we live for
Cause us so much pain?
Only a faded memory
Nothing else remains