I learned how to love and learned what I'd lose,
Neither was something I'd willingly choose--
Love came with pain, and left the same,
I found you and left here without you.

I had to leave you behind--but really,
I think I let you leave me--
It seems that your life's gone on just fine,
And my heart has dragged me far behind,
As if standing in an endless line--
For just one chance to make you mine.

I learned how to live and learned what I'd lose,
Neither was something I wanted to choose.
Living was alone, and I'd lost all before;
I wanted life, but my heart wanted more.

I couldn't leave my heart behind,
But it would not come with me--
It seems that life's gone on without me,
While my lust for love is all I've seen...
As if standing in a move-less line,
For just one chance to say I'm fine.

I learned how to love and learned how to live;
And both have escaped me as though through a sieve...
Loving and living go together or die--
And this fate has become conclusively mine.

My life and heart would not stay same,
One with you, and the other with me--
And someday I'll see you again when you die,
You'll ask me what happened, and I'll just deny--
I'll tell you that everything was simply just fine;
Except that I loved you--and you wouldn't be mine.