Love Is

She walks on rose pavement streets, and gives her smile to me
 And it eats away at my soul
 And I walk my asphalt walk, kindly return the smile
 And continue down the road
 I follow her home this night, but never does she see
 The shadows that are me
 And so Ive done for months, grown what I could call love
 And I almost know her completely
 She cries to sleep nightly, the echoes call to me
 As she sits in her darkened room with nothing to believe
 She tells me her secrets but never comes totally clean
 But she doesnt lie to me
 And weve spoken once or twice, and I see it in her eyes
 A place to run when Im in pain
 And I wake in the middle of night as tears flow from my eyes
 Screaming her beautiful name
 But if we were to die right now,
 Could I tell you why I feel and how?
 And would you feel the same?
 Or put this boy to shame?
 Would you tell me you loved me,
 Or that you never could
 Or that you never would?