I'm tired in defeat I cannot bring you back to me You fade from the dream I cannot bring you home It takes a lot out of me Trying to imagine how you'd be I've been through the scenes I cannot bring you home And these are the stories That I told to keep you near These are the stories That I wrote to keep you near For all my pretense I cannot bring you back again I don't have the strength I cannot bring you home And you fade from the dream I'm tired in defeat I cannot bring you home