Ciao Bella

I heard the butterfly scream, and I witnessed the dream die And I stood naked neath the blood red sky, And I never knew you loved me So I couldn't love you back. Outside the gates of Eden, Cerdes, and These city walls. I have crawled Through blades of steel to keep A rendezvous with visions in the night, where I never knew you loved me. Mind racing like Nascar in the final turn, I burned bridges that I never crossed Looking for the other side; I would have braved the current And, swam the raging tide Maybe, if I'd known you loved me I wore the pain of years Strain of fears and stain of tears, Like a monk's course hooded habit. And made a practice of not knowing when love was aimed my way. In my castle keep; my stronghold deep. I stroll behind the dungeon walls And keep you out and me in. And if I never know you love me I'll never have to cry.