Post by Nuala Bowtitt on Feb 27, 2007 21:37:57 GMT
UNTO MY HEART
Where have all the good guys gone, the nice guys of this world
who featured in the story books I read when just a girl.
My knight in shining armour would arrive on stallion white
and sweep me off my feet and take me off into the night.
He'd care for me and comfort me and treat me with respect.
A love so unconditional I'd been nurtured to expect.
I grew up straight and honest with the one thought in my head
that what I gave was what I'd get but what I got instead
was lies and infidelities, promises not kept,
a broken heart - a broken life - and nights I never slept.
Despite my education I was made to feel a fool
and fed, just like an idiot, with blatant lies - so cruel.
Whatever I would offer would be snatched with no return
and all my dreams went up in smoke as I watched my bridges burn.
I sit alone and wonder what the hell it's all about
How COULD I have been SO naive ? My heart is full of doubt.
Should I have done it differently ? Told a few more lies ?
Been careless, hurtful, played around ? It's easy to be wise
within these walls of silence with no one to distract
For my self preservation, with my heart I make a pact.
Give nothing and love no one, seems to be the only way
but that's not in my nature so, unto my heart I say -
I'll try hard to protect you, I won't trust quite so much
Won't listen to the tender words that come with tender touch.
I won't believe he loves me when he says I've got his heart.
I'll be convinced he's seeing someone else when we're apart.
I have to keep believing that somewhere in the dark,
a loving hand will reach for mine and re-ignite the spark
that makes me want to live again, heal my fractured heart,
put past hurts far behind me and make a brand new start.
Until the day I'm CERTAIN this miracle has occurred,
I'll stay within my ivory tower and not believe a word.
~.~
who featured in the story books I read when just a girl.
My knight in shining armour would arrive on stallion white
and sweep me off my feet and take me off into the night.
He'd care for me and comfort me and treat me with respect.
A love so unconditional I'd been nurtured to expect.
I grew up straight and honest with the one thought in my head
that what I gave was what I'd get but what I got instead
was lies and infidelities, promises not kept,
a broken heart - a broken life - and nights I never slept.
Despite my education I was made to feel a fool
and fed, just like an idiot, with blatant lies - so cruel.
Whatever I would offer would be snatched with no return
and all my dreams went up in smoke as I watched my bridges burn.
I sit alone and wonder what the hell it's all about
How COULD I have been SO naive ? My heart is full of doubt.
Should I have done it differently ? Told a few more lies ?
Been careless, hurtful, played around ? It's easy to be wise
within these walls of silence with no one to distract
For my self preservation, with my heart I make a pact.
Give nothing and love no one, seems to be the only way
but that's not in my nature so, unto my heart I say -
I'll try hard to protect you, I won't trust quite so much
Won't listen to the tender words that come with tender touch.
I won't believe he loves me when he says I've got his heart.
I'll be convinced he's seeing someone else when we're apart.
I have to keep believing that somewhere in the dark,
a loving hand will reach for mine and re-ignite the spark
that makes me want to live again, heal my fractured heart,
put past hurts far behind me and make a brand new start.
Until the day I'm CERTAIN this miracle has occurred,
I'll stay within my ivory tower and not believe a word.
~.~