Blame this shameless total lack of substance
I wouldn't let my daughter dress like that, and she's a grown up
No imagination, looking for a way in
You don't get any wrinkles if you're absent like that

I heard you found somebody older
And they steer you right
Bet it takes quite a lot of muscle
And my nerve and matter over manners holds no use for you
And you've been pretty all your life
No time to lose

And oh, I blinked and you were gone
I tried to believe you werе wrong
And I dream, I dream of you no more
But this timе I think of you more and more

Oh, and doesn't it make you sad
I couldn't find love like that
I could've surrendered, it's true
I'm just glad that I didn't
I'm glad that shadow was you

And oh, I blinked and you were gone
And I tried to believe you were wrong
And I dream, I dream of you no more
But this time I think of you more and more
And doesn't it make you sad
I couldn't find love like that
I could've surrendered, it's true
I'm just glad that I didn't
I'm glad that shadow was you

The silly things like ice cream
And overlooking nice things
Have somehow made it harder to be feeling like I'm breaking things
You tell me things with hindsight
Or I just get the highlights
Something that is worthy I guess so much more than Icing

And oh, I blinked and you were gone
And I tried to believe you were wrong
And I dream, I dream of you no more
But this time I think of you
More and more and more and more and more

And doesn't it make you sad
I couldn't find love like that
I could've surrendered, it's true
I'm just glad that I didn't
I'm glad that shadow was you