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I know you're gone.

I watched you leave. At the time I believed it was for the best. I always thought it was me. I would hold you down, hold you back. I realized that when you stayed in Smallville as long as you did.

The last time you kissed me, it was also the first time we kissed. It was clear that you couldn't put up with my maybes and all of the what ifs. I've kept all the emails and letters you sent me, along with newspaper clippings and magazine articles about you. I could picture your face as Lex Corp grew bigger and greater. And when you headed for Washington, I wasn't surprised.

Every note took you further away from me, but I didn't really mind because you were so happy. So excited.

I know how much the success of Lex Corp means to you, and especially the validation. You wouldn't have been able to follow your dream this way if I was there.

I want the best for you, and that had to be alone. I wish there had been a place in between, but there wasn't.

Someday, every road will have had its say. Every path will be marked and paved and it will be my turn to have you. Then I'll be bringing you home to stay.

I can wait.

JOSH GROBAN, "Home To Stay"

I know you're gone
I watched you leave
I always thought
That it was me
You made it clear
With that last kiss
You couldn't live a life
With maybe's and whatif's

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved
When every road
Has had its say
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

I have the cards you sent to me
You wrote of trains and Paris galleries This spring you'll draw
Canals, and frescoed walls
Look how far your dreaming's gone

When every town looks just the same
When every choice gets hard to make
When every map is put away
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

And now I know why you had to go alone Isn't there a place between

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved

When every road
Has had its say
Then I'll be bringing you back
Home to stay

Reach out to me
Call out my name
And I would bring you back again today