Baby, how could I have been so vain   To make you feel that you're the only one to blame   For all these distances and all of this pain      Baby, how could I have been so blind   To presuppose that your needs were just like mine   You've been a prisoner for a long, long time      'Cause now you run from me   And I will set you free   If that's the way it must be      I tried so hard to make you part of me   That every time I looked at you, I thought I'd see   Someone that you could never ever be      So full of pride that I could not see straight   I thought you'd change if I could only wait   I see the truth now but it's much too late      'Cause now you run from me   And I will set you free   If that's the way it must be      Oh oh   How'd it ever get so cold and mean   Oh oh   Is there nothing left but silence in between      Oh oh   How'd it ever get so cold and mean   Oh oh   Is there nothing left but silence in between      Baby, how'd we hold on so long   To something both of us must have known was wrong   We're either fools or must be terrible strong      'Cause now you run from me   And I will set you free   If that's the way it must be      'Cause now you run from me   And I will set you free   If that's the way it must be      'Cause now you run from me   And I will set you free   If that's the way it must be