Not until you go away
Not before you're gone for good
Only when I know you there
I could see you as you are

There were times when I could tell
It was you when someone called
But a lot has changed since then
Now we're hanging on the wall

If you had to leave
Did you have to be so near a normal way?

Not until you go away
And not before you're gone for good
Only when I know I'm here alone
I'll see you as you are

I remember someone else
There was you behind the wall
And if some things never change
I'll be counting on the fall

If you had to leave
Did you have to be so near a normal way?

Not until you go away
And not before you're gone for good
Only when I know I'm here alone
I'll see you as you are