Where You Want To Be

Darren Hayes

Hey there stranger

Do you remember

You were a part of my life

Early December

Think I remember

Sentiment cuts like a knife

The seasons are changing

Life's rearranging

Full of good times

Would have beens

It's all your fault

And where've you been

And how time goes

And now I don't even know

How to fill in the spaces

of the love you've erased in my life



Are you where you wanted to be

Did you get there easily

Did I make you sacrifice

Did you make a sharp left

When you should have turned right

Are you where you wanted to be

Did you sell off all of your gold

Did you trade it in

Did you wait for love

Or settle for somebody to hold



And barely symphonic

But strangely ironic

Moments contained in one glance

Oh how I adored you

But now I'm ignored by you

Nowhere a tint of romance

And now it's vaguely familiar

I think I remember sharing every single intimacy

It doesn't seem so strange to me that we barely entertained

Even the politest of phrases

But sometimes at night

I conjure you up in my mind



Are you where you wanted to be

Did you get there easily

Did I make you sacrifice

Did you make a sharp left

When you should have turned right

Are you where you wanted to be

Did you sell off all of your gold

Did you trade it in

Did you wait for love

Or settle for somebody to hold



While I was busy

Perfecting the art

Of deflecting compliments

I took it too far

And I let a ripple run right through my heart

Of battle stations we're building

You and I just grew apart

We grew apart



While I decided

To make everyone else happy

I just put aside

My foolish pride

I guess I denied

My own desire

I was too busy pleasing

To ever be pleased

I forgot how to breathe

Or question anything

Or ask why



Am I



Am I where I wanted to be

Did I ge