Laying here beside you restless in the night,
I try to get close but something just doesn't feel right,
There's this growing hollow place gaping inside,
I fear it will engulf me and I've got no place to hide,
I spend all of my time trying to cram it with stuff,
but at the end of the day it's just not enough.
This is the closest to love I've ever been,
Yeah, this is the closest that I've ever come before,
So just lay still and hold me another minute,
I'll just close my eyes and pretend it's something more.
We are all travelers lost in our own skin,
and we are all chimes just clanging in the wind,
It's a pretty sound but it has a hollow ring,
because in the end ya know it just didn't mean a thing,
Still we cling to each other because it's all that we've known,
It's you or the cold night, baby, and I don't want to be alone.
This is the closest to love I've ever been,
Yeah, this is the closest that I've ever come before,
So just lay still and hold me another minute,
I'll just close my eyes and pretend it's something more.
And I know this isn't real, it's just an illusion I've made,
we're naked but with masks on, playing a charade,
It's an empty game but your arms are safe and warm,
and just maybe for tonight they can hold back the storm,
We're drawn to each other in our confusion and fear,
Your not the one, baby, but you're someone and you're here.
This is the closest to love I've ever been,
Yeah, this is the closest that I've ever come before,
So just lay still and hold me another minute,
I'll just close my eyes and pretend it's something more.