The fault, dear lady, was entirely mine
this I do confess
But please believe, I did not mean
to place you in distress

And when you said, that fateful day
your world was falling down
I could not help but to feel my heart
break ‘part without a sound

Perhaps you were callous because you hurt,
or perhaps you never cared
But I’d like to thank you for letting me say
the things I never dared

I remember the night I fell for you
as you were saying Grace
Your head was down, you carelessly reached up
and brushed the hair from your face

Your left hand it was, I remember it still
that memory just will not go
Your left hand as well, we touched palm to palm
Yes yours was bigger, I know

You asked me what I saw in you
I knew not what to say
I’ve thought about it, for a bit
I’ll answer you today

When I said "it’s you, the things you do"
this was what I meant
You stand tall while others fall
to life’s little knocks and dents

Yet behind the strength there’s a strange vulnerability
a you that’s girlishly weak
And despite all you are, a bright shooting star
I know you’re humble and meek

And when things get rough, with a wink and a laugh
you mercilessly take the mick
and make everyone smile and forget their fears,
while inside you’re feeling heartsick

Because you care, behind that laugh
behind those eyes irrepressibly bright,
there’s someone inside who does give a damn
though you keep her hidden from sight

Yet you showed her to me, you shared with me
the you that few others saw
and I saw imperfections and rough edges too
and loved you all the more

You’re charming and witty, you’re flippant and fun
your lines can be funnily bad
like "left is right and right is wrong" and
"hic!" to the "alcohol lab?"

I remember we sat side by side on the steps
of your uni not saying a word,
confused and bewildered, yet strangely at peace
-- it was a night simply absurd

I remember you calling just to wake me up
at eight-thirty Saturday morning
I remember me groaning with half-open eyes
-- my day was just barely dawning

I remember you typing of a girl in her room
alone yet hysterically laughing
I recall a boy thinking God now that’s weird
‘cos that’s just what he had been doing

I remember you feeding the geese in Hyde Park,
you made them eat from your hand
I remember me falling in love once again;
That's why it all had to end

I never meant to hurt you, or cause you upset,
and I like to think I didn’t
but your reproachful chidings I didn’t expect
and sometimes I pretend you didn’t

I still miss you sometimes as I walk through this life
alone inside my head
and I know you’d say "it doesn’t happen that way,
there’s other fish up ahead"

I know you’re right, I’ll probably fall again
for someone new, someday
and then again, I never was a guy
to do things the conventional way

The fault, dear lady was entirely mine,
it doesn’t take a genius to see
but sad as it seems, sometimes in my dreams
I ask, do you ever miss me?