ALONE

 

As I stare at the ceiling, alone barely breathing

Awakened by my misery

Empty walls tell a story, of my fall from glory

The signs I was too blind to see

 

There’s no echoes of laughter, no love ever after

The silence here is killin’ me

Lyin’ here in my sorrow, hopin’ that tomorrow

I’ll let go of her memory

 

Like a slow burnin’ ember

It’ll haunt me forever

Too often mistaken, her sweet love forsaken

So much, that I wanted to say

My lonely heart’s breakin’, I slowly awaken

To the truth that I drove her away

 

Now I think of the good times, the heartaches, the sunshine

Reflecting on my better days

Times that I didn’t hold her, things I never told her

Creep back in my mind here to stay

 

I can’t go back in time Lord, it’s still on my mind Lord,

How I loved her in some sorry way

As my breakdown draws nearer, the face in the mirror

Is the only one left here to blame

 

Like a slow burnin’ ember

It’ll haunt me forever

Too often mistaken, her sweet love forsaken

So much, that I wanted to say

My lonely heart’s breakin’, I slowly awaken

To the truth that I drove her away

 

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