Hope Against Hope

It's all coming back to me now But try as I have to keep The taste of you off of my tongue Your face from my fitful sleep An' I wait and hope against hope like before An' I wait an' hope that I won't anymore An' this won't stop till I do Until I learn to kill the thought Of everything I could have said Of everything I wished I'd not An' I wait, hope against hope like before An' I wait, hope that I won't anymore Show rises up from the street An' a crowd rises up to it's feet I followed blind after you I might know better if I'd ever wanted to The painting here is still not dry An' I can smell it from the door It covers every mark you made The countin' days are keepin' score An' I wait, hope against hope like before An' I wait, an' hope that I won't anymore An' I wait, hope against hope like before An' I wait, an' hope that I won't anymore