If only...

If only I could help you
If only you could see
If only I could return some
Of the light you bring to me

If only there were some way
If only it were true
If only I could remember
Just how to help you

If only I were stronger
If only I weren't weak
If only I could raise you
From the darkness you seem to seek

If only I could help you
If only you could see
If only I could be for you
What you have been for me

But no matter how I struggle
you always seem to lose
For of the paths before you
One only can you choose

And though there's one I wish
You could walk along
I know you must go opposite
To claim you would be wrong

If only I could help you
If only you could see
That I'd do anything to save you
From the terrible trap that is me

So take the path your heart walks
And take it with all speed
Walk it with both heart and feet
For that is what you need

For this is how I help you
This, though you can't see
This I do, to do right by you
I part myself from thee