the day you let go of my hand

the day you let go of my hand.

the day you let go of my hand,
i was still smiling away,
waiting patiently for the next.

the day you let go of my hand,
we loved each other like noone else will,
and i thought we would forever.

the day you let go of my hand,
i thought i was the most fortunate on earth,
knowing i love you, and you love me too.

the day you let go of my hand,
i didn't think it would end this way,
hoping we'd love each other til the end.

the day you let go of my hand,
we started to drift apart,
day by day, week by week, year by year.

the day you let go of my hand,
i knew not who you were,
the stranger emerged from you, the one i loved.

the day you let go of my hand,
was the day i believed that there would never be
a day you'd let go of my hand.

the day you let go of my hand,
i'm waiting for you to come back,
shed that stranger body you live in.

come back to hold my hand again.
and this time, promise you'll never let go.