Brandes

Lyrics

LIKE A DAGGER

You know I…you know I…you know I…you know I…
You know I loved you Laura, but I loved you from afar;
I never could uncover just how beautiful you are.
It’s like a dagger to my heart,
Like a dagger to my heart:
I'd take the blow and fall apart,
With a dagger through my heart.

The time was never right for us and I was not that brave
To think that I could satisfy the loving that you craved.
It’s like a dagger to my heart,
Like a dagger to my heart:
I guess I knew it from the start,
There’s a dagger through my heart.

Our eyes would meet and you might smile but then you’d look away.
You loved me as a friend but not in any other way.
It’s like a dagger to my heart,
A naked dagger to my heart,
I'd take the blow and fall apart:
Like a dagger to my heart.

I've thought it through as best I can;
There is no purpose, there's no plan.
It's been the same since love began:
We're just a random woman…and an arbitrary man.

I know about the lovers that you visit now and then;
It hurts to hear you talk about those legendary men.
It’s like a dagger to my heart,
Like a dagger to my heart,
I take the blow and fall apart:
Like a dagger through my heart.

We talked a while, you kissed my cheek, I heard you close the door.
Whatever little that we had, I knew there was no more.
It’s that dagger in my heart,
Dagger deep within my heart,
I took the blade and fell apart:
With a dagger through my heart.

I lay down on the shingle and I watched the waves crash in.
I felt a cold blue emptiness I've never felt again.
And it pierced me to my heart,
Still stabs me to my heart,
I feel the blow, I break apart:
With a dagger through my heart.

You know I…you know I…you know I…you know I…
You know I loved you Laura, but I loved you from afar;
I never could uncover just how beautiful you are.