Tell me it's all in my head, tell me it's all a bad dream
That I'm just gonna wake up, and you'll still be next to me
A permanent weight on my chest
where I should be holding you close
Don't let me live in a world where I have to let you go

You might as well take the breath from my lungs
The stars from the sky
I wouldn't need the sun to rise
If you're not here, what would I be?
Darlin', don't take your love from me
I could live without, oh, just about anythin'
But, if I lose you, darlin', then I lose everything

How could I ever get by? How could I ever go on
Knowing you're spending the night
in somebody else's thoughts
Burning out take off your dress
watching it fall to the floor
I wouldn't have anything else
and I couldn't take anything more

You might as well take the breath from my lungs
The stars from the sky
I wouldn't need the sun to rise
If you're not here, what would I be?
Darlin', don't take your love from me
I could live without, oh, just about anythin'
But, if I lose you, darlin', then I lose everything

Pull me in, say it's not over
2 a. m. , and I'm going through hell
Stay the night, cry on my shoulder

But if you leave, then you might
as well take the breath from my lungs
Stars from the sky
I wouldn't need the sun to rise
If you're not here, what would I be?
Darlin', don't take your love from me
I could live without, oh, just about anythin'
But, if I lose you, darlin', then I lose everything