"I Know Him So Well" lyrics

Nothing is so good it lasts eternally.
Perfect situations must go wrong.
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much for far too long,

Looking back I could have played it differently.
Won a few more moments. Who can tell?
But it took time to understand men.
Now at least I know,
I know him well.

Wasn't it good?
Oh so good.
Wasn't he fine?
Oh so fine.
Isn't it madness he can't be mine?

But in the end he needs a little bit more than me,
More security.
He needs his fantasy and freedom.
I know him so well.

No one in your life is with you constantly.
No one is completely on your side.
And though I move my world to be with him,
Still the gap between us is too wide.

Looking back I could have played differently.
(Looking back I could have played it some other way)
Won a few more moments. Who can tell?
(I was just a little careless, maybe)
But I was ever so much younger then.
(I was so much younger then)
Now at least I know,
I know him well.

Wasn't it good?
Oh, so good.
Wasn't he fine?
Oh, so fine.
Isn't it madness he won't be mine?

Didn't I know,
Didn't I know
How it would go
If I knew from the start?
Why am I falling apart?

Wasn't it good?
Wasn't he fine?
Isn't it madness he won't be mine?

But in the end he needs a little bit more than me,
More security.
He needs his fantasy and freedom.
I know him so well.

It took time to understand him.
I know him so well.