i've searched and searched for you

in every face i've passed

and i've searched through their souls

from the coolest springtime

until decembers cruel



no matter what i do

i was only searching for you

to do what i must do

i must go on searching for you



my ships sail the empty seas

running our crossbones

to seek your poetry divine

my words are used up

and rhymes that brought you down



no matter what i do

i was only searching for you

to do what i must do

i choose you

with every step i choose

i was only searching for you

to do what i must do

i choose you



i built my temples there

to speak your name alone

i've pissed my life away in every way i've known

i'm not sure what i've seen

but still my heart is sewn up

inside your tattered clothes



no matter what i do

i was only searching for you

with every step i choose

i was only searching for you

to do what i must do

i must go on searching for you

no matter what i choose

i choose you



release me so i can love again

release me so i can love again, love again

release me so i can love again, love again

release me so i can love again, love again

release me so i can love again, love again

release me so