When I'd known you between 15 and 17 minutes
that's when I first learned to finish your sentences
or somewhere in that frame
and all the rest seemed to come so intuitive
it's like I knew you almost better than you did
or maybe we're one and the same

and I'm not like the lover's you're used to compare to
I try to hang loose but I'm not willing to share you
you know I'm so afraid to ask
is it just me or does this feel too perfect to last

Oh, the way I see you is something like magic
Oh, but I know it's not an illusion, it's more than a hat trick
the way I see you reminds me of the way some souls are meant to meet
but not necessarily to make our hearts complete

Where did you come from baby,
how didn't I see you before?
You don't wanna be what the world doesn't wanna see
still those are all the things I adore

you cry too much, you sleep too little,
finding yourself everywhere but in the middle
and you're trying to decide if you wanna change for me
but your past of disasters makes a hell of a story
and nothing you say ever makes much sense
it's one thing that makes your defenses so easy to see through
making it that much easier to see the real you

Oh, the way I see you is just like an angel
Oh, but I know I've been living in a vision that can put me in danger
'cause the way I see you reminds me of the way some gifts can be a curse
and some things can only make things worse

For a moment you think you see my face,
and the flickers of who's been there in my place
if we're talking 'bout facts I can tell you, girl,
it's that ghosts from the past aren't supposed to rule this world
my friends say it's because of my youth
but I know who you are and I know I see the truth
'cause it's the truth, it seems, that's pushing you away?

And you know that silence is never a good sign
by it's the one thing you do where I know what's on your mind
but before you let the lights fade
on the promise you spoke and the plans that we made
I wish you could know 'bout how hard I prayed
that if you could just see you the way I see you
deep down I know you could never be afraid

still I know it doesn't work that way, although it isn't right
you'll stay in hell, 'cause you're afraid to feel what heaven would be like

Oh, the way I see you is the ways you are perfect
and it's breaking me down just to see you drown,
seeing how lost the words get
'cause now I know that the way I see you is a way you can never be in life
and that's why you can never be my wife.