A Daughter's Tears

[Verse] I honestly thought i could face it Then I smelt your perfume in the lift And memories of you flooded back Nights with steak and apple pie [Chorus] But what choice did I have I couldn't escape the orbit of a child's love I stood at the edge and jumped towards your arms And something pulled me back But I know a daughter's tears only paper over cracks [Verse] I know how much I've hurt you, but I'm hurting too I mapped out a life with you I still have whiplash from my handbrake turn [Chorus] But what choice did I have I couldn't escape the orbit of a child's love I stood at the edge and jumped towards your arms And something pulled me back But I know a daughter's tears only paper over cracks [Verse] When I see you I get glimpses of a life that could have been But I know I'll never have that and you hate me for it So I return to an empty house Lying next to someone else, feeling lonely Thinking of you [Chorus] But what choice did I have I couldn't escape the orbit of a child's love I stood at the edge and jumped towards your arms And something pulled me back [VERSE] I've missed my chance at happiness You were the best thing in my life Yearning to hug you and stop the pain, Still hungry for you knowing i have no right [Chorus] I stood at the edge and jumped towards your arms And something pulled me back [VERSE] I've missed my chance at happiness You were the best thing in my life Yearning to hug you and stop the pain, Still hungry for you knowing i have no right