I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
That I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
That I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel

Remembering you standing quiet in the rain
As I ran to your heart to be near
And we kissed as the sky fell in, holding you close
How I always held close in your fear
Remembering you running soft through the night
You were bigger and brighter and wider than snow
You screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky
And you finally found all your courage to let it all go

Remembering you, fallen into my arms
Crying for the death of your heart
You were stone white, so delicate
Lost in the cold
You were always so lost in the dark
Remembering you how you used to be
Slow drowned, you were angels
So much more than everything
Hold for the last time then slip away quietly
Open my eyes, but I never see anything

If only I'd thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart all my pictures of you

Looking so long at these pictures of you
But I never hold on to your heart
Looking so long for the words to be true
But always just breaking apart
My pictures of you

There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
My pictures of you


Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by Mellow_Harsher, Misstera, markydissod, Kitten1977

Pictures of You Lyrics as written by Simon Gallup Robert James Smith

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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    He’s consumed by the relationship he had with her. I think he’s is love with the memories of how she used to be angelic soft fragile pure but somehow he didn’t say the right words in his mind to be able to hold on to her. Regret there for having lost her . Maybe she’s dead or gone away. Strange how most people sometimes hurt by saying wrong things and they lose out by regretting because even memories can be a refuge if they are sweet. At the end of the day we are alone anyways so better be alone with good memories than bitter

    Justasongon November 22, 2017   Link

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