i was just a child 
when you took my hand 
we set the whole damned world on fire 
you showed me what it was to be loved by a man 
but one day the ax just fell 
and the whole world got shot all to hell 
there's a hole in my heart

we were so... so close to heaven 
we were almost as good, as good as it gets 
and you were almost an angel 
that was almost heaven-sent 
so close to heaven 
so close

our love was crazy and wild 
tender and mild, slow and strong 
tonight i'll set it on fire 
as noble as a storm 
the lightning fell from your eyes 
suddenly, there was no goodbye 
there's a hole in my heart

we were so... so close to heaven 
we were almost as good, as good as it gets 
and you were almost an angel 
that was almost heaven-sent 
so close to heaven 
so close

wax wings that flew too close to the sun 
but wasn't it so fun to fly 
it's far better to love, then to lose 
than never to love, then to die 
oh you were so... so close to heaven 
we were almost, almost, almost as good as it gets 
and you were almost an angel 
which was almost heaven-sent 
so close to heaven 
so close... to heaven 
so close... to heaven