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*If I call to you,
above the crashing waves
boisterously gathering
on a rocky coastline,
like a trumpet in the mist
cutting through the fog
signaling a safe passage
to my heart,

do you hear me?

If I send out echoes
of promises made
and lifeline affections,
floating as a buoy,
a vessel of desire
reaching for you
on these stormy seas,

can you hear me?

If I am left stranded, marooned
in the silence of my tears
alone, without you
on a desolate island where
seashells have no names and
tides retreat from the sorrow
of my broken heart, pleading for you,

will you hear me,

please?

You only say you love me when you're kissing down my body;
You only give me attention when you want something not because you need me.
We all do things for the ones that we love,
Yet some only love what we can give them.

I remember years ago, someone told me I should take caution when it comes to love. I did, I did.
  You were strong and I was not. My illusion, my mistake. I was careless, I forgot. I did.
  And now when all is done. There's nothing to say. You have gone and so effortlessly. You have won. You can go ahead tell them.
   Tell them I was happy and my heart is broken. All my scars are open. Tell them what I hoped would be. Impossible, impossible.
   Falling out of love is hard. Falling for betrayal is worse. Broken trust and broken hearts. I know, I know.
   Thinking all you need is there. Building faith on love and words. Empty promises will wear.
I know, I know.
   Now when all is gone, there's nothing to say and if you're done with embarrassing me; On your own you can go ahead tell them.
   Tell them all I know now, shout it from the roof tops, write it on the sky line. All we had is gone now.
  I remember years ago, someone told me I should take. Caution when it comes to love. I did.
   Tell them all I know now; Shout it from the roof tops, writeit on the sky line. All we had is gone now.
   Tell them I was happy and my heart is broken. All my scars are open. Tell them what I hoped would be impossible, impossible.
  I remember years ago, someone told me I should take caution when it comes to love.

   I did...

I once knew a man
Who believed he could
Conquer the world
He burned brightly.
And then came
The end of a long day
And the man lay down
To bed
And thus remained
Conquering nothing.

My heart has lost its fire,
detached from all desire.
I have no soul to keep.
My eyes no longer weep.
Whispers in my head,
say i'm better off dead.
Nothing left to save,
find a place and dig my grave.

What's there to inquire?
Life to me is dire.
Bind me with barbed wire,
leave me in the mire.
I guess i'll fall asleep,
so that death to me can creep.
My friends won't understand..
a god nor demon...just a man.

But i'm not the man i use to be.
My empathy is gone.
No i'm not the man i use to be.
I have apathy in all.
See i'm not the man you use to see.
My sympathy is gone.
And i'm not the man i want to be...
just not the man i want to see.