AS SHADOWS RISE

As shadows rise

My dear and only friend

Giving up our highs

So now we’re low again

And didn’t I want you-so long I’ve felt the pain

And didn’t I need you-sometimes I can’t pretend

Longing eyes can’t pretend

So what’s to say

Your form and iron will

To calm the storm

Black cross before the kill

And wouldn’t it please you-something before the fade

And wouldn’t it make you-something before the grave

Life before the grave

I wanted to touch you

A blanket for your fears

A tender pale placed

To catch your falling tears

And I don’t know

What secrets hide behind your doors

My friend, what better love

Than to dance with stale fate once more

It always feels like midnight

And in darkness I will keep

Your pretty picture wrapped

And held so close to me

I’ll walk you home

And if you’re not really there

I’ll pretend to hold your hand

The wind blows through your hair

And didn’t I want you-so long I’ve felt the pain

And didn’t I need you-sometimes now

And didn’t I hold you-like the finger feels the flame

And didn’t I love you-for all time now

Lyrics by L. Poems  copyright 1996, all rights reserved