This is the house we lived in This is the place we gave in This is the conversation now This was the broken system Where I stopped listening But I'm still missing the sound Is this still a dream? Do you know my name? Is it real as it seems? I'm not playing the game Just when you think you had her You're climbing down off that ladder Friends all know what's the matter now Somehow she lost that feeling I got so tired of kneeling Look at the life I'm leading now 'Cause you're not around No, you're not around (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh) No, you're not around (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh) I guess I'm getting better she's sending back all my letters I'm wishing I never met her now So many truths unyielding Can't keep a wound from healing Guess this the hands he's dealing now Is this still a dream? Do you know my name? Is it real as it seems? I'm not playing the game Just when you think you had her You're climbing down off that ladder Friends all know what's the matter now Somehow she lost that feeling I got so tired of kneeling Look at the life I'm leading now 'Cause you're not around No, you're not around (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh) No, you're not around (Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh) This is the place we gave in (because you're not around) (Ahhhhhhhhhhh...)