"UNFORGIVEN"


It begins: they all shuffle away
one by one, their message clear
telling me without a word
dashing all I once held dear
even you,
whom I have known for so long
seem distant - makes me wonder
what I've done wrong
consumed by thoughts of now forsaking
visions wound me as I'm waking:
steepened by the lull I'm taking
did you think I'd come crawling back?
that's the only way you know how to attack:
crucify me for having an opinion,
please don't worry: I'm not sorry
your torment is rigid but superficial
candid, crass and artificial
and you could never know or see
the pain through which I'm livin';
you thrill me though you make me weep
as I am unforgiven


will you ever return
or simply leave my heart to burn?
like a dog without a bone
like an angel without wings
like a flower with no petals
or a lark that never sings
like a blizzard during summertime
or swimming in the rain
you loved me and you left me broken
your absence is my pain


without you, there's no yesterday
without you, there is no tomorrow
without you, nothing's left to say
without you, it's always my sorrow

without you, I can see no light
only darkness everywhere
without you, do I even care?
there is no me without you there.