I Left You

Asleep, I saw us back in practice Sharing glances across crowded rooms Of letting one another know That I'm here for you, should you need me And then I woke with sudden skin around the eyes Never been in so much pain as to realize That I left you Then you left me And though you never knew The daylight has never felt more cruel You told me in a dream You were tired of pretending And I agreed Though I'm still here way past the ending Of how you wept down the phone Like I did in the morning How I had told you no Been cold and firm Back when you needed me A sick thing to be So hard on who you love It's all I deserve Your memory can be good But it can be unkind May have you cut down in the middle of the night Suffocates me as I sleep Your words return Though it's a face I knew It's just a ghost I'm talking to It grips my chest and pulls me up Deep in those familiar arms You turn your head and gently ask "Who is it that's haunting you?"