written for a young man across the sea, from a young woman that wouldn't let go |
On a mountain top, I see him there He stands amidst the sea and wind The sun does not shine on his face The moon does not send him a grin Dirt is marked across his brow The rain is not warm upon his skin The shouts he hears are at his face Those screams his way are not his cheers The waves do sway among the sea And some they hold the tears he cries But with the crashing waters that be All that pain, every yell among them dies The hands that are in fists now so They used to be soft hands to touch Those fingers, they are the ones that know Yet no one knows yet, just how much The eyes, they see much, and look away And they tell the mind, I shall not do. Yet they can and will betray At night they close and lie to you Oh, this soul I see, his body aches There is no joy or smiles here All this solitude, it takes Every spark and leaves his fear Every single drop of life- Every thought that you hold dear It’s too hard, it hurts too much To many cards of feelings to deal And I got the crappy bunch The winning hand, oh they did steal NO, my dear! It is not so All these things you think are lies If they were true, why do I say no? How come I love you, tell me! Why? Is it because of all you do? Is it because I never cry? Let me see, because of where I live? And the money all those things could buy? Maybe because it’s so easy Because I really don't have to try? Maybe because there’s nothing better, And I have not the courage to cut the tie. Right, yeah, that sounds like me That’s how I always muddle through Only when life is so great Because it was a breeze this decade with you IT is not anything you say, It is not any action, that to me you prove It is not because of appearance sake It is not for your parents, cause they approve It is not because I need a base To be secure of the work you do It is not of your pretty face It is not of what, to me, you do It is not for any reason that you see It is not what anyone else would do It is not because I seek more favor There is nothing I plot or connive from you It is not because anyone told me so Not something that I learned in school Not something that you see today Or for anyone else am I tool NO, there is but one single reason One that stands up on its own The one that told me,” That’s the one.” And indeed I shall make it known It is because up in that sky Dwells a God, heavenly, not cold The One that came and died for us And in His hands our lives He holds It IS because of what He said “My child stay, love- I will mold.” So, indeed I shall my love, Whether you be friend or foe Whether you shout curses at me Or across the sea make your heart so He is there and here within me He has my heart- so there, it will go He loves you, though you are not free So will I, no matter what the seed you sow And even if it’s not meant to be, Low, that’s He makes me let it go Peace be with you, I shall wait. Just wanted to let you know . . . |