I Know



Coming home for Christmas
And I know I should be glad
'Cause I miss your heart, your face, your breath,
Your every word
But I wake up worrying
About the things we said

And we're having conversations
about conversations.... about conversations
Man... And I get lost
I can't find my way
We want to work IT out, keep IT together
But what is IT
'Cause it ain't you and it ain't me

And I know you know I know
That I want to reach out and hold your hand
And see the doubt suddenly
Disappear from your face
And I know you know I know
You understand

But I know you know I know
Instead tonight we say goodbye
And I just want to thank you
For loving me
As we send this kiss away
To a summer land of memories

But just one more thing
Before you turn and walk away
Take another step further
From this mess that we called love
I have never been loved like this before
Probably won't again
What a shitty way to end

But sticks and stones
And everything else that was thrown
We took it all and built a wall
And on the other side
The place we used to run and hide
It was you and me, and me and you
You and Me against it all

And I know you know I know
That I want to reach out and hold your hand
And
see the doubt suddenly
Disappear from your eyes
And I know you know I know
You understand

But I know you know I know
Instead tonight we say goodbye
And I just want to thank you
For loving me
As we send this kiss away
To a summer land of memories

I know
You know
I know
Don't want to say goodbye
I know
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Written on December 22, 2022

Submitted by RockMeyerRanch on December 29, 2023

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Scheme xxxxax bbxcdxe FGexFG FHIECJ acdxxxx xxkllik FGxexFG FHIECJ FfFhF
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,492
Words 319
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 6, 5

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