• I can't help but think back
    back to the oak tree
    back to the night
    right before i left

    when you told me
    you loved me

    Back to how it made me feel
    when you said you would give me the world
    and the stars
    even the moon

    How you wanted to capture
    the tears
    and every bad memory
    and put them in a jar
    and hide them from me
    so I wouldn't have them any more
    So I wouldn't have to remember them

    I turned to you and simply stated
    "If you took my tears
    and my memories
    then I would have nothing to correct me
    nothing to prove me wrong
    when I'm in doubt."

    "Nothing there to keep my heart from breaking
    nothing to let me know it will be alright"

    You wrapped your arms around me and pulled me closer
    "why would you need simple memories
    to keep your heart from breaking
    when you know I would never do that.
    Why do you need bad memories
    to let you know it will be alright
    when I'll be by your side
    to tell you that myself."

    You leaned in ever so slowly
    and kissed me
    and told me you loved me

    I smiled like a fool
    and admitted I loved you too

    while you held me
    as the sun went down
    on our perfect moment