Slipping Through My Fingers

I didn't get what I'd done
Exactly what I'd won
Now I'm starting to see I don't deserve it
Everything I could want, it's almost gone
There's a lesson in this
I'd better learn it

You let me do what I wanted to
I took it too far
You're coming to your senses now
I couldn't make enough time for you
And here you're showing me the consequences

Now can I ever put right all the wrongs?
Turn it 'round before the memory lingers
I can't imagine why you'd wanna belong
But I can feel it slipping through my fingers
If I can never start over with you
My self-serving is surely gonna sink us
I'm realising too late you're the one
How can I stop you slipping through my fingers?

Oh oh oh...

Took you from where you were
A selfish saboteur
Yeah, I wondered, was I really dreaming?
Went from nothing of worth to the king of the earth
Caught up in my desperate scheming

You let me do what I wanted to
But was there ever a choice you could be making?
Always I had something else to do
Never noticed your heart slowly breaking

Now can I ever put right all the wrongs?
Turn it 'round before the memory lingers
I can't imagine why you'd wanna belong
But I can feel it slipping through my fingers
If I can never start over with you
My self-serving is surely gonna sink us
I'm realising too late you're the one
How can I stop you slipping through my fingers?

Even now, with all of this, I'm distracted
I'm bringing on our ruin
Self-deceiving if I think you over-reacted
I'll be our undoing, oh
But even now I'm starting to see
Have you any affection left for me?
Are we past the point where we can ever be happy together?

How can I ever put right all the wrongs?
Turn it 'round before the memory lingers
I can't imagine why you'd wanna belong
But I can feel it slipping through my fingers
If I can never start over with you
My self-serving is surely gonna sink us
I'm realising too late you're the one
How can I stop you slipping through my fingers?

Oh oh oh...

If I can never put right all the wrongs
I know all of this'll be over and done