Pictures of You

I've been looking so long at these pictures of you

That I almost believe that they're real

I've been living so long with my pictures of you

That I almost believe that the pictures

Are all I can feel.

Remembering you

Standing quiet in the rain

As I ran to your heart to be near

And we kissed as the sky fell in holding you close

How I always held close in your fear

Remembering you running soft through the night

You were bigger, and brighter, and whiter than snow.

Screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky

And you finally found

All your courage to let it all go.

Remembering you fallen into my arms

Crying for the death of you heart

You were stone white, so delicate, so lost in the cold

You were always so lost in the dark

Remembering you,

How you used to be

Slow drowned, you were angels

So much more than everything

Hold for the last time

Then slip away quietly

Open my eyes but I've never seen anything.

If only I'd thought of the right words

I could have hold onto your heart

If only I'd thought of the right words

I wouldn't be breaking apart

All my pictures of you.

Looking so long at these pictures of you

But I never hold onto your heart

Looking so long for the words to be true

But always just breaking apart

My pictures of you.

There was nothing in the world

That I ever wanted more

Than to feel you deep in my heart.

There was nothing in the world

That I ever wanted more

Than to never feel the breaking apart of

All my pictures of you.

The Cure