Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much
For far too long

Looking back
I could have played it differently
Won a few more moments
Who can tell
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know
I know him well

Wasn't it good?
(Oh, so good)
Wasn't he fine?
(Oh, so fine)
Isn't it madness
He can't be mine?
But in the end
He needs a little bit
More than me
More security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well

No-one in your life is with you constantly
No-one is completely on your side
And though I'd move my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide

Looking back
(Looking back)
I could have played it differently
(I could have played it some other way)
Learned about the man
Before I fell
(I was just a little careless)
But I was ever so much younger then
(Maybe, so much younger then)
Now at least I know
I know him well

Wasn't it good?
(Oh, so good)
Wasn't he fine?
(Oh, so fine)
Isn't it madness
He won't be mine?

Didn't I know?
How it would go
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart?

Wasn't it good
Wasn't he fine?
Isn't it madness
He won't be mine?

But in the end
He needs a little bit
More than me
More security
He needs his fantasy and freedom
I know him so well
It took time to understand him

I know him so well