When ravages of spirit conjure this tempestuous rage
Created you a monster broken by the rule of love
And fate had led you through it
You do what you have to do
And fate has led you though it
You do what you have to do

I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go...
Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul

I'm ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire...
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do...

I have the sense to recognize
That I don't know how to let you go...
I don't know how to let you go...

The glowing ember burning hot
And burning slow

Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing
for only you...
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do
I know I can't be with you
I do what I have to do

And I have the sense to recognize
But I don't know how to let you go...
I don't know how to let you go...

I don't know how to let you go...

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Written by Sarah McLachlan and Coleen Wolstonholme
Pubished by Sony/ ATV Songs LLC, Tyde Music /(BMI)/ Nettwork Music Publishing (SOCAN)
1997 Arista Records, Inc

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