What Could'Ve Been

Oh, how shattered Torn and tattered And how the pieces bleed One by one, dying of need The heart burns But never learns That after the ashes scatter Nothing else seems to matter The tears that stain my pillow Serve to let me know That love slipped through my fingers And how my heart now lingers Over this pain, this heartache This hurt, this heartbreak Sanity dangling by a thread Hating these tears I shed Needing to say good-bye To a love that was a lie Dear heart, don't give in Given another lifetime you'll mend The heart will hurt so deep inside Still loving a memory that just won't die Love can't thrive on what - if's and should've beens But, still, it cries for what could've been