and though i tried to reason with my bottle and my mind only to feel my will sink lower and to partly pass the time thinking of you and that bear trap it grew heavy on my will and ever thinned i felt like half a man with half a breath and i knew i couldn t win weren t it for you but i don t know if i can stand by and hear you tell me it d be nice to see you am i the only one that knows why and i don t know if i can stand by and hear you tell me it d be nice to see you am i the only one that knows why but who am i to question and who am i to ask it isn t fair i gave you all of it and told you it would last it wasn t true and i pleaded with my morals and i begged that they d subside for you drew from me what i know that i could only hide from you but i don t know if i can stand by and hear you tell me it d be nice to see you am i the only one that knows why and i don t know if i can stand by and hear you tell me it d be nice to see you am i the only one that knows why  but you and i we re we re holding on but what for you and i well we ve only got love to wait for you and i we re we re holding on but what for you and i we re we re holding on but what for