Story Behind The Song
Written two years after the end of á marriage
Song Description
Reflections on a broken marriage, and the false belief in and idealized 'perfect' love
| Song Length |
4:07 |
Genre |
Country - Traditional, Country - General |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Disgusting, Frenetic |
Subject |
Breaking Up, Divorce |
| Similar Artists |
Patsy Cline, Leon Russell |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Sun down on another day
Lights fade but the shadows stay
On my way, but it's not the same without you
Work up to a lonely dawn
Kids playing on our front lawn
Radio plays the same old songs, but they're blue
Two weeks without you
And I know now what loneliness means
I guess our perfect love
Wasn't everything it seemed
Found a job and a place to stay
Friends call on the holidays
Mostly say they don't understand
But they do
Never thought it would be like this
Say our life, in our first kiss
Now I find all the things I miss
Weren't true
Two long without you
And my life falls apart at the seams
I guess our perfect love
Wasn't everything it seemed
Sometimes the love that we've known
Is the one thing that tears us apart
And the road on our own
Is the one sure fire way to the heart
But for all I've been shown
Can't find my way back to the start
Oh why?
Oh I didn't know losing you
Would follow me so far
Now I look to anothers' face
In another time and space
Oh but time can't erase the pain in my heart
Two years without you
And I know now what loneliness means
I guess our perfect love
Wasn't everything it seemed