It is never sweet
To watch and old romantic die
Dreams crushed
Old movie fantasies destroyed
One true love
One true lie
And the old romantic tries

Rose petals and sunsets
And the old romantic cries
From expectations not met yet
Wanting to touch another person
To know them
As lovers do
Inside and out

But the rose petals wilt
Love poems are forgotten
Romantic clichés fade away

The sun sets alone
The sun rises alone
And each second
Another romantic dies