He came from somewhere back in her long ago

The sentimental fool don't see

Tryin' hard to recreate

What had yet to be created 

once in her life 



She musters a smile

For his nostalgic tale

Never coming near what he wanted to say

Only to realize

It never really was 



She had a place in his life

He never made her think twice

As she rises to her apology

Anybody else would surely know

He's watching her go 



But what a fool believes he sees

No wise man has the power 

to reason away

What seems to be

Is always better than nothing

And nothing at all keeps sending him

Somewhere back in her long ago

Where he can still believe there's a place in her life

Someday, somewhere, she will return 



She had a place in his life

He never made her think twice

As she rises to her apology

Anybody else would surely know

He's watching her go 



But what a fool believes he sees

No wise man has the power to reason away

What seems to be

Is always better than nothing

There's nothing at all

But what a fool believes he sees