[Verse 1]
Have you ever held a hand so hard
'Cause you're afraid of letting go
Of someone you love more than this whole life
Have you ever had to start moving on because you know
You'll only meet again once you're on the other side

[Chorus]
Does it ever (no it never)
Fades away (fades away)
Do you feel it (I still feel it)
Night and day (night and day)
It's pain has many faces
It hides and guarded spaces
And time might try to dull its jagged traces
But it never fades away
No it never fades away

[Verse 2]
I stare up at the midnight stars
Thinkin' one of them is you
Lookin' down at me, and kissin' me goodnight
I can hear your voice near everywhere
Hopin' desperately it's true
When I'm driving past your school I know
I feel you sitting by my side

[Chorus]
Does it ever (no it never)
Fades away (fades away)
Do you feel it (I still feel it)
Night and day (night and day)
It's pain has many faces
It hides and guarded spaces
And nothin' really dulls its jagged traces
No it never fades away
No, it never fades away

[Bridge]
I wonder if in heaven
You still think of me at all
From a playground
In your blue jeans
Chewing gum and playing ball
Your ma' and I, we want nothing more
Than open up your bedroom door
And see you with your soldiers on the floor

[Chorus]
Does it ever (no it never)
Fades away (fades away)
Do you feel it (I still feel it)
Night and day (night and day)
It's pain has many faces
It hides and guarded spaces
I hope heaven finally dulls its jagged traces
Here, it never fades away
No it never fades away