Was It You or My Youth

I see your face in the quiet of the night

A shadow of a dream, fading with the light

Was it love I lost, or the time that slipped away

I can't tell the difference, even to this day

Was it you I’m longing for, or the youth I left behind

Moments painted golden, frozen in my mind

Every memory lingers, tender, bittersweet

I still can’t find the answer, whenever our eyes meet

Laughter in the air, echoes down the years

I can still remember, joy between the tears

Your voice was the summer, my heart could not refuse

But maybe what I’m missing is the boy I used to choose

Was it you I’m longing for, or the youth I left behind

Moments painted golden, frozen in my mind

Every memory lingers, tender, bittersweet

I still can’t find the answer, whenever our eyes meet

Time has drawn the lines, love has changed its hue

But my heart still wonders, was I missing me or you

Was it you I’m longing for, or the youth I left behind

Every smile, every heartbeat, still tangled in my mind

Even if the answer never comes to me

The longing is a part of who I’ll always be