Back Again

I wish that you could understand me
The way I'd like to think I do you
I wish that I could tell you everything
That I could tell you anything
That I could tell you something new

I wish that I could ask a question
I haven't asked of you before
I wish that I could give you answers
Even though I know it wouldn't last
What I would give to know you just a little more

Still I'll come here and listen, and I'll question what I can
Still I'll wait and read your answers that you've written in the sand
Read the curves of your intentions though I may not hold your hand
And I know it word for word, but I'll still try to understand

I wish that you could know me
The way I've come to know of you
I wish that I could tell you anything
That I could tell you everything
But nothing makes it through

And there are things I'd like to tell you
That maybe I'd come to regret
Maybe unkindly, I'd just like to see
Some closure, if one-sidedly
But it's unfair if you'll only forget

Still I'll come here and I'll listen, and I'll question what I can
Still I'll wait and read your answers that you've written in the sand
And though we don't have much in common, I'll still try to understand
I've read these words a dozen times before, but even so, I'll be coming back again

And I think you must have noticed
That something's long since gone awry
And even if you don't know everything
And I can't tell you anything
We're both long out of time

I wish that I could stay here with you
But there's too much now on the line
So if this is the last I'll see of you
I hope I don't forget you too
When I pass on through the eye

But one last time, I'll come and listen, and I'll question what I can
And I will wait to read your answers that you've written in the sand
And even if you never knew my name, I'm still glad that you could call me a friend
And I will promise to remember you when our journeys have come to an end