My Life Without You
A World without you is the one with space.
Whenever and wherever I desire I may pace.
A world in which at many things I stare,
But everything is meaningless
'cause you're not there.
A Day without you doesn't change its name
The sun goes up and down just the same
And I can find so many things to do,
But none are as important
as a thought of you.
An Hour without you is just as long
A melody with words remains to be a song
Which maybe beautiful, but when you're not around
It has no beat, no meaning,
and no sound.
A Minute without you still rushes by.
I look around and there's only I, I, I ...
The echoes of my own words bounce off my weary mind
I know you're right, I know - I lied,
I was so stupid and so blind.
A Second without you - by now is gone.
Another one, another one, another one...
Sometimes I wish for them to disappear -
They bring too many thoughts
and make things so unclear:
I'm wrong, I'm right, I'm mean, I'm kind,
I know, I can't make up my mind;
I'm warm, I'm cold, I'm mad, I'm dear,
Is it my anger or my fear?
There are things that I can't explain
They're not quite simple, not so plain.
But if you hear a sudden, steady beat,
Just know that it's my heart,
and you're a part of it.
1999
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