I want you to know
Ive not been the same
I see you in every face
Eyes in questioning pain

I want you to know
I still fill with such shame
I see you then hand reaching out
Calling my name

I want you to know
its my heart i blame
I waited so long I got scared
When love finally came

So I think you should know (now you should know)
I learned from the pain
Love can endure so much more
When you fight to sustain

I wonder how the past will see me
In part I guess the way I see myself
Alone and staring out the windows
And knowing youre in love with someone else

I know youre in love with someone else
The very love I once had for myself

I want you to know
The spark still remains
I have a new lover
Whom I often call by your name

I need now for loves past to free me
Release me now return me to myself
To know that, hey! at last when you see me
The life that we survived had taught me well

Had thought without love
There is no wealth

I loved you so then
I finally learn ...
How i could love myself.

I learned but I learned too late...

• denise lopez - i want you 2 know (36)