from your lips came the words   I never thought I’d hear   so another layer of innocence disappears   for so long I’ve been waiting   for you to come to me   offering your most humble apology      but I stand before you now   all the wiser for the wear   and I see so clearly now   to find that you’re not perfect   is to find I’ve been unfair      so I’m asking you to forgive me   and then one day it will all be forgotten   except for the knowing, we will go on   if you forgive me      I was blind to the only side that you could see   feeling forsaken,   feeling you no longer needed me   but I stand before you now   with my heart out on my sleeve   and I see so clearly now   we have left behind a sweet love   and a new love has come to be      so I’m asking you to forgive me   and then one day it will all be forgotten   except for the knowing, we will go on   if you forgive me      is our love all gone I have wondered lying   side by side in silence, tears running down   to the pillows so much to say but I can’t seem to   say it, to say      that I’m asking you to forgive me   and then one day it will all be forgotten   except for the knowing, we will go on   if you forgive me   will you forgive me   please forgive me