If you ever have to learn to live without me

If you ever have to learn to live without me,

Don't hurt me asking,

I could hear your words

As the words of a man were,

And I could never answer,

For I would have been too busy to think of

Such a time apart,

I would rather love.

If you ever have to learn to live without me,

And I would only let myself think of that for a moment,

If I can ever look at you,

Would you still look dreamy,

Would you spill your smile 

Over my memory?

If you ever have to learn to listen alone to our tape,

I'm sorry

For being there when you might

Find a cruel beam of light

Projecting my shape.

If you ever have to learn to live without me,

When you hear never more I'll be there

Don't you dare

Warm my old side of the bed,

Don't you dare

Abandon your eyes to gravity,

Do take care.