| I look into your sad brown eyes | |
| And I wish I had an answer for you | |
| I can tell you it's ok | |
| But I can't make that true | |
| So I reach out for your small soft hands | |
| Just hoping I can calm your fear | |
| We talk though the confusion | |
| Til it all starts to clear | |
| But I can't make the world disappear | |
| I will try just by holding you near | |
| How long can that last | |
| How long can we last | |
| You ask what would be best for me | |
| But it's loaded like a firing squad | |
| So I hold off their fire | |
| I don't wanna spill our blood | |
| I can lock in all our pain | |
| But I still can't stop it hurting you | |
| And it makes it all the harder | |
| That there's nothing I can do | |
| Cause I can't make the world disappear | |
| I will try just by holding you near | |
| How long can that last | |
| How long can we last | |
| Just flesh and bone | |
| And broken from the start | |
| But it's worth going through | |
| For your greatest gift to me | |
| The experience of you | |
| Still I can't make the world disappear | |
| I will try just by holding you near | |
| How long can that last | |
| How long can we last | |
| Still I can't make the world disappear | |
| I will try just by holding you near | |
| How long can that last | |
| How long can we last |