I would take you by the hand
if it weren’t so out of reach.
I would protect you from the storm
if I could make it there in time.
I would tell the world
if it wouldn’t make me a hypocrite.
I would come to terms with it
if I understood myself.
I would be there all the time
if the time was the same.
I could go on complaining
but I could love you just the same.