I Promise I'll Try Not to Cry
Please sing me a song of love gone wrong
And I will weep in dreams while I sleep
For that's when I fear the cascade of tears
And melancholy brought on by such folly
Will you allow me to hear with my own ear
The grief of it all; the abysmal depth of my fall
Like melting snow when ill winds blow
To places unknown his love has flown
It quickly fluttered away, love's gone astray
Oh, my wounded heart, when love departs
How do you live? Tell me how do you forgive?
Who is to blame, but what good is a name?
Sing me a mournful song to last all night long
And I promise I will try not to cry
Love's sweet face is a haunted place
Filled with ghosts of what mattered most
Of the blind trust that lies covered in dust
Emotional thoughts still live in my heart
I dread the memories sheathed in my head
Sing from your soul about love grown cold
Of the nights of romance, when we danced
My heart still sings of many bitter things
the darkened cloud, worn like a shroud
Hovering above the tomb of dead love
I'm trying to be brave with love in the grave
but "Til death do us part" is a wound in my heart
Will you sing to me of the deep briny sea
Of words written in sand by a lover's hand
Not meant to stay, the tide took them away
Love washed from the shore and is no more
Sing me a sad tune like the cry of a loon
Whose heartache echoes over the lake
She's filled with despair, a fate we share
Bard, keep singing for I must stop clinging
To a past which has now breathed its last
I remember June, we kissed 'neath the moon
Stars were bright, extinguished is their light
Love's gone astray. It belongs to yesterday
Oh. keep singing of it until I beg you to quit,
The songs of woe that surrenders me low
I cannot pretend that my heart will mend
Sing! Tell me more. Tell me there's a door
That's open to me, where love shall never be
Sing me a song and sing it all day long
Teach me the words so I can sing like the birds
A sweet melody that will set my heart free
Then I shall sing and to my heart it will bring
Salvation from this grief and a glimmer of relief
Until then, sing me a song of love gone wrong
In woeful lyrics that tell of my pain and disdain
Of feeling blue from a love proven untrue
Chant a solemn chorus of refrain, again and again
And if my heart should heal, I shall no longer feel
A need for lamenting verse for this lovesick curse
No more shall I ache from lost love and heartbreak
then your musical score will be needed no more
Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2018
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