Too Far Down the Road

I did not seek you out again but you found me. A little further down the road still stumbling still clinging to a crumbling wall still falling against sharp stones. I did not call you, you called me. You taunted, you teased. The thought of you, the images of you so pleasing But my path stretches out before me. My heart must be torn apart before you can claim me. I yearn to look you in the eye and melt away, softly, silently but I'm too far down the road. So comforting to know you are there, but I'd really rather you left me alone. You cannot have me. I am in exile, and I'll not gaze longingly on the path that leads to home. Yet you tempt me so, the thrill of your soft soothing voice in my unsuspecting ear makes me want to go. When will you claim me? Not till my dreams are fallen in shreds Not till my hopes are dried up and dead You can never save me from a broken heart I am just too far down the road.