You've haunted me all my life
Through endless days and countless nights
There was a storm when I was just a kid
Stripped the last code of innocenceYou've haunted me all my life
You're always out of reach when I'm in pursuit
Long winded then suddenly mute
And there's a flaw in my heart's design
For I keep trying to make you mineYou've haunted me all my life
You've haunted me all my life
You are the mistress I can't make a wife
And you've haunted me all my lifeAnd so I wait but I never seem to learn
How to capture your diminishing returns
I still see you through the eyes of a child
Not even thinking we could tame the wildYou've haunted me all my life
You've haunted me all my life
You are the mistress I can't make a wife
And you've haunted me all my lifeYou've haunted me all my life
You've haunted me all my life
You are the mistress I can't make a wife
And you've haunted me all my life
Songwriters
BENJAMIN D GIBBARDPublished by
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