Lion Heart

You left your lion heart with him Buried your problems in his mane You gave up your snapping jaws Because you thought it’d keep you sane You didn’t see the joy of living With a swinging tail and cutthroat jaws You wanted to be independent So you left behind the jungle’s laws You didn’t think that you’d miss him You didn’t think that you’d look back But a pang of envy cuts your heart When you see him roaring with the pack You admire his lions from afar You feel your stomach start to churn Because you know that you’ve lost hope You’ve passed the point of no return They all tried to make you stay Didn’t know why you’d leave them behind They desperately tried to see beyond The walls you built to keep them blind Now they mourn the loss of you You’ve gone somewhere they can’t follow They know that you can’t feel their pain The tragic reality they have to swallow Mourning leads them into sadness And sadness leads to pain Drowning in their agony They start to feel the strain He tries to wish you back to earth But you cannot leave the sky Back to all their grieving hearts Is the only place you cannot fly How you wish for your fur back How you wish for the old ways Seeing his deflated spirit Makes you wish for better days Do you realize the gravity of your absence? What subduing your roaring spirit has done? The jungle longs for your steady heartbeat The weight of your footsteps as you run He misses your calming reassurance The presence that makes his very soul sing And he still fails to understand Why you chose to leave everything In pulling away you inspired doubt Leaving is not what kings of the jungle do And it will only be a matter of time Before he gives up his lion heart for you