Verse 1

Here I am again with tattoos and the same old trace

Standing like a marble statue frozen in this place

Time is moving on while I remain a static view

Asking every stranger, showing photos of you

Verse 2

"Do you know his face, have you seen this man?" I cry

A question from my soul that screams up to the sky

I don't count the months, I don't count the years I've known

On the same old track, standing here alone

Bridge

My eyes are getting tired and my hope is growing thin

Every single day is just the shadow that I'm in

I hold onto the promise that you gave me way back then

That you would be coming, that you’d find your way again

Chorus

I wait, I wait, and my heart knows why

Love doesn't ask the reason it won't die

I wait, I wait, and I will not move away

Your promise is the anchor that is holding me today

Verse 3

People throw their coins and a smile that’s out of place

While I throw my hope into this hollow urban space

No one really knows why I’m here throughout the day

Just me and your name while the city fades to gray

Verse 4

Where you said you’d meet me with a gin and tonic cold

That spot became my world and the story to be told

Every sunset feels like it’s a brand new start

Every morning whispers the same rhythm to my heart

Bridge

Seven years my heart has kept the same old steady beat

Seven years of pain have kept me standing on this street

I never once believed that you didn't want to come

Just that you were stuck, and you’d find your way back home

Chorus

I wait, I wait, and my heart knows why

Love doesn't ask the reason it won't die

I wait, I wait, with no plan and with no end

In the same old place, another May around the bend

Verse 5

But the truth it arrived softly, with no right to speak

Like a knife through memories, making me feel weak

You didn't lie to me, and you didn't lose the way

Fate met you on the road, on that very day

Bridge

Seven years ago, on the path toward this sign

An eternal darkness covered up your heart and mine

Now I finally know why you weren't seen by anyone

Why I am still alive, while your silence has begun

Chorus

I waited, I waited, and now I know it all

I'm not waiting in vain, I keep you standing tall

I waited, I waited, in the spot where I should be

Not for you to come—but to keep the soul of me

The Old Man

An emotional story of how love doesn’t have anything to do with reason.