Without a word of soft goodbye, she slowly walks away.
I crave her pleasant company upon some future day.
When skies of blue and suns of gold will herald things to come,
And love is love again with love, and truth is never done.
The reigning of the shadows hold until that day has dawned.
When no heart feels hurt once more, and no one has been wronged.
The birds will sing with pleasant cries, and wolves bay at the moon.
And in my soul I hope that day will dawn upon us soon.
Until that day I wander lost, and barren in my soul,
Paying off the debt I've earned with some familiar toll.
Searching for the laughter that rang oft within my ears,
I drive myself through darkness, softly blinking 'way my tears.
Knowing that, from deep within, I should be seeking light.
I continue down that twisted road into the hardest night.
For that which doesn't kill me makes me even stronger still,
And if I hope to live again, I must endure the chill
That fills the lonely prison cell that I did choose to make
Knowing that in time to come, that cell I'll also break.
So if I seem a distant man, then fear not that it's you,
For part of me is locked away from bright and lovely hue.
And like the walls of Jericho, the walls I've built will fall.
And there I'll stand before you, bright and handsome, strong and tall.
Until then I shall walk the earth, in search of truth and lore,
A gentle laugh, a tender touch that will unlock the door,
That leads into that lonely part that makes my prison keep,
To free me from the shadows of the darkness, hidden deep.