I can't shake off this dark cloud   it seems like it's been the only thing in my life for years   what's the point in being here   when life is spent asking that question over again?      changing your surroundings   it won't do you any good   cause you carry this with you      if we had the choice between   all the things you left us   or having you here with us now   if we had the choice between   all the things you left us   or having you here now   what would we choose?      did you think this soil would change its properties   just because you took it to a garden further south?   I can't stay in, I can't go out   this feeling follows me about   when you never even knew me   how can you claim to feel any pain?      thing's didn't go wrong - they just changed   and when I felt it coming on again...      if we had the choice between   all the things you left us   or having you here with us now   if we had the choice between   all the things you left us   or having you here now   what would we choose?      we only want you here so you can give us more   that's why we're sad   we want songs like you wrote before   and is your death really any worse   than any other boy or girl's   when we never even knew you?      so come back, come back   but you won't come back   cause you can't come back!      if you had the choice between   all the things you left us   or being with us now   what would you choose?