Why
Why didn’t you tell me?
That Love had gone and left me
While you looked into my eyes
And said
“Baby let’s try”

Now I
Had thought that Hope was healthy
And Faith was all that held me
From the truth that lover’s lie
But you
Were wiser than I

I want to know
‘fore the memory goes
Did somebody tell you to forget me?
Did you decide alone?
That we would never be one
I need to say
Though you turn me away
That love could have loved you
If you’d let me
But tonight she cries alone
In the morn
Her innocence gone

(Chorus)
Once I heard it told
That Love is all Love knows
And in the moments we deny
Lie the hope for you and I
“I’m sorry” seems so cold
When the truth defies your soul
But if “forever” means “goodbye”
Then let me dance within your eyes

(Rhyme/Chant)
Chant down the pain
Even the heart of Babylon
Could never burn me this way
There was a day
When the sweetest thing I knew it was your name
And if you
Listened to our hearts
You’d find the beating was the same
Hope was the flame
Through the fires that couldn’t consume
I saw your face
Our love embraced
Deep in the palm of the Almighty’s hand
Divinely placed
The sweet taste of you it left me
Filled like manna’s grace
But now the bitterness of the truth
It fills my heart like love replaced
With the Shame
Who knew you’d make my world
This crying game
And let me wonder
Just who to turn to, to trust again
When in the heart of she who loved me most
Dwelt such disdain that you could
Throw your truest friend
Like someone’s mama from the train
Swallow the pain
‘Twas all that I could do when first it came
And in the darkness
Caught my first glimpse
Of the shadows in my brain
So far from sane
Yet so close to the sounds of my soul
Sacrificed to the song
Leave the rose and its thorn
As I pray for the dawn
And I know in the morning
I’ll be gone

(Chorus)
Once I heard it told
That Love is all Love knows
And in the moments we deny
Lie the hope for you and I
“I’m sorry” seems so cold
When the truth defies your soul
But if “forever” means “goodbye”
Then let me dance within your eyes

I want to know
‘fore the memory goes
Did somebody help you to forget me?
Could I have been so wrong?
To think that you were the one
I need to say ‘fore I cast you away
Our love wasn’t so true
Evidently
And so we carry on
In the morning
I’ll be gone

(Chorus B)
Once our love sang bold
And in her every note Love shone
With an innocence alive
And the faith that we could fly
But every story must unfold
And half of this has not been told
So if “forever” means “goodbye”
Tonight I dance within your eyes

© Soulfege