I never knew how much a man could love a pure beauty like you

Never knew how lost I'd be without your cue

I never knew how much I cared for the moments we created in vain

And now I'm swept, I'm swept away in memory rain

Drifting down a one-direction reverie lane

Holding my yesterdays to unraveling flames

With pockets full of sweet reflections slain

Hey hey, when did all the tarnished sparkles drown

Hey hey, when did the pink paint flake off a dull clown

I'm swept away, I'm swept away

In the coldest wave of memory rain

I never knew how much a man could love a pure beauty like you

Never knew how lost I'd be without your cue

I never knew how much I cared for the moments we created in vain

And now I'm swept, I'm swept away in memory rain

I never knew how much I loved you, how much I cared

How much I longed for yesterday when life appeared okay

I never knew how bitter lonely nights could taste

How my priorities were laced with destructive ego haste

I never knew how every place conjured your face

How haunting cutting words could sway that you did not even say

I never knew how heavy the thought of you would weigh

Now I'm swept away in memory rain

Now I'm swept away in memory rain

In memory rain