they turn the lights down low,   in shadows hiding from the world,   only coming out when it gets cold   the seas part when they hit the floor,   the voices carry on and out the door   and everything you touch turns into gold   like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest,   your eyes they penetrate me,   (your answer's always 'maybe')   that's when I got up and left   a beating heart and a microphone,   a ticking clock in an empty home   still tells of these times so long ago,   and even though I've come so far, I know   I've got so far to go and any day now I'll explode   like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest,   your eyes they penetrate me,   (your answer's always 'maybe')   that's when I got up and left   each and everyday it leads into tomorrow   and tomorrow brings one less day without you   but don't wait up just leave the light on   cause all the roads that I might take will all one day lead back to you   like the angel you are you laugh creating a lightness in my chest,   your eyes they penetrate me,   (your answer's always 'maybe')   that's when I got up and left