I had a house while you were gone 

The week after you left me 

I found a couple acres 

Near Sarilla Park 

I had a house while you were gone 

A house with silver shutters 

And a driveway laid in marble 

And thousands of rooms to fill 

And miles of space to fly 

And I tried to believe it,

It was better without you 

I was safer alone 



No, I'd give it all for you 

I'd give it all for you by my side once more 

Oh, I'd give it all for you 

I'd give it all to hold you again 

To feel I'm completed 

To know there and then 

That all that I needed 

Was you to fight the fear 

And now you're here 



I took a trip while I was gone 

I cashed in all my savings 

And bought an Eldorado 

Drove to Tennessee 

I took a trip while I was gone 

I drove across the country 

And I stopped at lots of diners 

And stared at a million stars 

And thought I could touch the sky 

And I tried to believe it,

It was better without you 

I was finally free 



No, I'd give it all for you 

I'd give it all for you by my side once more 

Oh, I'd give it all for you 

I'd give it ‘cause the mountains I climb 

Get higher and higher 

I'm running from time 

And walking through fire 

And dreams just don't come true 

But now there's you 



God knows it's easy to hide,

Easy to hide from the things that you feel 

And harder to blindly trust 

What you can't understand 



God knows it's easy to run,

Easy to run from the people you love 

And harder to stand and fight 

For the things you believe 



Nothing about us was perfect or clear 

But when paradise calls me 

I'd rather be here 

There's something between us 

That nobody else needs to see 



There were oceans to cross 

There were mountains to conquer 

And I stood on the shore 

And I stood on the cliff 

And the second before I jumped 

I knew where I needed to be 



Oh, I gave it all for you 

I gave it all for you by my side once more 

Oh, I gave it all for you 

I gave it ‘cause it's harder to touch 

The things that are dearer 

I love you too much 

To trust something clearer 

I know I fell too far 

But here you are