Haunted Lyrics

Somehow I thought I'd find you in the forest

Standing there, waiting to greet me

Your arms open to forgive me

but I know you won't be

How could I think that, even at my warmest

You're out there, just where I can't see

And I'll never find the right tree

We will never agree

I was wrong, you know

And this song, I know

Can't redeem the past

This lesson will last

I squandered our time, and I hurt you

I couldn't get past what I wanted

All that I could do was desert you

And for that old shame, I am haunted

This isn't the first song that I have written

Where I've apologized to you

And none of them you'll ever hear

They're really not for you

A fifteen-year-old boy who was just smitten

I could never understand you

Although now it seems all too clear

What was I supposed to do

I was wrong, you know

And this song, I know

Can't redeem the past

This lesson will last

I squandered our time, and I hurt you

I couldn't get past what I wanted

All that I could do was desert you

And for that old shame, I am haunted

I think I will always feel this

That's the cross that I must carry

My fate was sealed with our first kiss

In that ancient cemetery

I know that your heart's not broken

You are far too sturdy for that

Think of this as just a token

Dropped by a bat onto a cat

I was wrong, you know

And this song, I know

Can't redeem the past

This lesson will last

I squandered our time, and I hurt you

I couldn't get past what I wanted

All that I could do was desert you

And for that old shame, I am haunted

I was wrong, you know

And this song, I know

Can't redeem the past

This lesson will last

I squandered our time, and I hurt you

I couldn't get past what I wanted

All that I could do was desert you

And for that old shame, I am haunted

I squandered our time, and I hurt you

I couldn't get past what I wanted

I thought that my stance was a virtue

On top of my pain, I am taunted

I squandered your love, and I hurt you

I couldn't get past what I wanted

I thought that my pain was a virtue

And for that old fear, I am haunted

I wasted your life, and I'm sorry

But thanks to the pain, I remember

But at least after you, I saw me

All that remains is an ember