I have a secret,
don’t tell it to the others.

For the longest time,
it’s been kept to myself.

If you listen close,
you must listen with your heart.

This is not gossip;
it’s deep, but in no way dark.

Will you listen,
and promise to keep silent?

Make a promise,
and never break this pact.

—

I miss him,
despite his carelessness.

I miss him,
despite my cold silence.

I miss him,
and the times we shared.

I miss him,
with all my heart and soul.

I miss him,
but his lack of respect for me.

It's torn me apart;
brought me to my weakest misery.

When desperate,
I’ve gone to him seeking help.

When I loved her,
it was a joke to him.

And when she left,
he didn’t understand.

I wanted to die,
and he called my suffering weakness.

So I lied,
but I still burned inside.

And I cried alone,
While on the outside nothing was wrong.

While inside,
I slowly fell apart.

—

If only once,
he could understand me.

For once,
and say something real to me.

I would be happy again.

When I ponder, while I wander with myself,
I ponder your faithfulness and how faithless it was.

Hand in hand with myself
I walk with the sundown at my back,
The golden light casting long shadows of you,
Reaching out for me.

I gaze my eyes upon your lowly shadow,
For a short moment as this day is fades to black,
And with it I must go into darkness, into the silent night,
Leaving your ghostly shadow in the dust of yesterday.

Believe me, my path is not without pain,
Longing and loss tempt me ceaselessly to turn back,
But I push on through the cold night,
Hoping for a rising sun to warm my dark heart.

I know I will find my way,
My sun will rise again,
And your shadow will loom over me,
Nevermore.

The fire burns,
and then burns out,
and never burns again.

The heart loves,
and then is broken,
and never loves again.

The eyes open,
and then they close,
and never open again.

So enjoy the fire’s warmth,
rather than curse its darkened smoke;
and the heart’s passionate beat,
in spite of the loss you feel;
and the eyes’ beautiful sights,
even through the tears they waste.

Fuel the flames!
Love with passion!
See it all!

Because one day, it will all be gone;
Your fire will die,
Your heart will lie still,
and your eyes — close they will.

Come with me,
and escape to the seas.

The water will heal your heart,
trust me just this once.

Please, don't spend all your time
traveling your endless desert lands.

Your heart deserves more than that,
and I can see you're parched.

Find your shore, bleed no more,
let the waves take your soul into the deep.

You deserve to see it all, open your eyes and see
the blue heart of the ocean as the horizon darkens.

Listen as the sirens call for you,
they mean no harm and never have.

Come with me,
and escape to your dreams.