Withheld Love

I keep your name in the quiet of my room

Like a light that fades but never leaves too soon

You pulled away and the air turned thin

Now every empty corner pulls me in

I reach for a warmth that won't return

Still every memory is a lesson I learn

I'm longing for your withheld love

For the words you keep just out of touch

I call your shadow through the night

But you stay on the edge of my way

I'm longing for your withheld love

And it hurts like only silence does

If you ever choose to let me in

I'd be yours again

I'd be yours again

I try to move, but the heart remembers

Every cold goodbye, every fading member

Your silence speaks, but your mouth won't go

And I'm left with a feeling that won't let go

I hold the ache, I hold the flame

Still I whisper you like a tender prayer to pain

I'm longing for your wither-held love

For the words you keep just out of touch

I call your shadow through the night

But you stay on the edge of my light

I'm longing for your withheld love

And it hurts like only silence does

If you ever choose to let me in

I'd be who I've been

Maybe love is not the thing I lost

Maybe it's the cost of waiting, cast the cost

But I'm still here, still open, still true

With this quiet ache that leads me back to you

I'm longing for your withheld love

For the words you keep just out of touch

I call your shadow through the night

But you stay on the edge of my light

I'm longing for your withheld love

And it hurts like only silence does

If you ever choose to let me in

I'd be yours again

I'd be yours again