When you met me I was broken

But you didn't seem to mind

You saw beauty in the patterns

Of the pieces left behind

So you held them and you loved them

And I started to feel whole

And you wrapped

Your arms around me

Tried to mend my wounded soul

If it hadn't been for you

I wouldn't have tried walking tall

If it hadn't been for you

Then I'd be nothing but a shadow

If it hadn't been for you maybe

I wouldn't be at all

If not for you

And all the love you gave

For those minutes, for those hours

For the time that I was yours

I forgot that I was nothing

But a hardship to endure

Your belief and your affection

As misplaced as they might be

Meaning anything to you

Meant more than anything to me

If it hadn't been for you

I wouldn't have tried walking tall

If it hadn't been for you

Then I'd be nothing but a shadow

If it hadn't been for you

Maybe I wouldn't be at all

If not for you

And all the love you gave

The pain was in the distance

And the rain stayed in the clouds

Just obscured by smoke and mirrors

Simply hidden under shroud

Now the pain is in the distance

Between me and yesterday

So I crumble into dust

And let the rain wash me away

All the mending, all the meaning

Everything I wrapped in you

Was oh so fucking fragile

Once you faded out of view

When you left me I was broken

All the pieces tumbled down

And the man you held together

Lay in tatters on the ground

If it hadn't been for you

I never would have tried to cope

If it hadn't been for you

I'm sure I wouldn't have pretended

If it hadn't been for you

I wouldn't have learned how to hope

If not for you

If it hadn't been for you

I would still be feeling ok

If it hadn't been for you

I would not know

What I was missing

If it hadn't been for you

I'd still be used to all the grey

If not for you

And all the love you gave