A Matter of Time

I suppose I should be happy
To have shared my love with you
They say life is experienced
And all this we go through

It will make you stronger
You will learn from all this pain
Not to make the same mistake
When you fall in love again

Why is there always a lesson
From life we have to learn?
When something is so beautiful
Why does it have to burn?

I hold you as a memory
It's become my only light
Though I know that it can't compete
To when you held me tight

I'm tired of hearing the same thing
It's time that I move on
As if I could just swap you
With the next who comes along

But I wouldn't dare use her
Nor would she replace
I know that if we should kiss
In my mind it's still your face

Love has lost its passion
And a fire no longer lit
The one thing it can promise now
Is that one day it will quit