The hands you're holding now if you remember
Are the very hands that gave you your first rose
They're reaching out for one last dying ember

In the ashes of the love that lost its glow
But if you don't want me I won't try to keep you
But there's just the smallest chance you may be wrong so wrong so wrong
Until you're sure I hope you'll never let go
Of the hands that you've been holding for so long
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I can't forgive the first time that I kissed you
It's the sweetest feeling I had ever known
But every dream they say must have an ending
And you leave the hands you're holding for so long
But if you don't want me..