The Man I Loved

I thought it was you who got me to fall in love
I thought you were the one I was looking for
Where has he gone, the man I thought you were?
The man I loved is gone, all that is left is you, and it's all over

In love with somebody that I made up
In love with somebody you pretended to be

I was holding on to the moments when you got so close to it
I was holding on to the thought of how you could seem like it
But you weren't the man I loved, you were just the shadow of it
Now I know you will never be the man I loved

In love with somebody that I made up
In love with somebody you pretended to be

I was in love with the man I hoped you would be
I was in love with the idea of how you could be, of who you could be
I was in love with the thought of what you could mean to me
In love with the dream of what you could be for me

In love with somebody that I made up
In love with somebody you pretended to be