Words so soft and sadly spoken
among the tears a heart is broken
to see the truth behind the lie
the part of you that lives must die
On tender troubled tired mornings
before the cold and darkened dawnings
the heart tries hard to heal your pain
it twists and turns but tries in vain
Within these walls of shattered steel
we wallow in how well we feel
when all that's left is left behind
we leave in peace with piece of mind
I wonder will they ever know
the fires that within you grow
that feed upon your very flesh
their legacy this tangled mesh
that once we knew as you and me
but now we name insanity
from far away I hear your voice
'you left me but a single choice'
it could have been the sweetest thing
instead it left this silent ring
that echoes through the night for ages
as flames within these burning pages
they weep for you that no more linger
the bond that never wears your finger
I love you still within my heart
but what we will is worlds apart
I cannot bear to watch your tears
I held your heart and hid your fears
I should have shed this mortal coil
behind the years of troubled toil
it would have spared us all this hell
of being there when all was well
I come to you as once I came
I'm still myself and still the same
if you will see me as I am
you will but see a mortal man