City And Colour - The Lonely Life lyrics

What if I did not love you?

Where wiould that leave me

Would I wander through the avenues?

Under a pall of misery?

(Verse)

Would I be face down in a gutter?

With cheap whiskey on my breath?

The lonely life of a writer

Who’s words could not pay his debts

(Chorus)

Singing please don’t, please don’t pass me by

I am alive, oh can’t you see?

That I’ve been blinded completely

Please don’t, please don’t pass me by

I am alive, oh can’t you see?

That I am pleading for your mercy

(Verse)

What if we became strangers?

Would you notice my face in a crowd?

And you could you hear the sorrow in my voice?

Helplessly crying your name out loud

(Verse)

Would I be searching for a savior?

Burned, and burning with regret

The lonely life of a writer

With one last desperate request

(Chorus)

Singing please don’t, please don’t pass me by

I am alive, oh can’t you see?

That I’ve been blinded completely

Please don’t, please don’t pass me by

I am alive, oh can’t you see?

That I am pleading for your mercy

(Bridge)

I’ve been on the lam

Being hunted, so confused

They say time and tide it waits for no man

But I was just hoping

These storm filled skies would clear

(Chorus)

Please don’t, please don’t pass me by

Please don’t, please don’t pass me by

Please don’t, please don’t pass me by

I am alive, oh can’t you see?

That I am pleading for your mercy