Cold Mountain Love Song

I stand strong and brave against the coming storm,
My smiling face in the wind
Tragic and fake,
Twisted and scorned,
From this tempest of pain I was reborn,
A legacy of trust in denial,
Enslaved by the one I adored ;

My eyes beheld such beauty,
It blinds you to anything else,
No other's touch could ever soothe me,
An eternal hunger for the fleeting joy I once held,
To carry this ache inside,
Cursed to feel sick all the time,
Lost in sorrow within this void
Searching for the love I once felt ;

Please wait
Don't leave me here all alone,
Please stay
Why can't you come back home,
Please say
You'd never leave me here on my own ;

In my hand I offered the key
To the frozen locks of my heart,
Intoxicated by the scent of this dream
I never noticed you had already pulled them apart,
Have I exchanged one set of chains for another,
Such self recriminations
In the politics of blame
I have suffered ;

As the nights grow colder
And the scars grow older,
I stand a monument to heartbreak
A testament frozen in place,
Birds rest now upon my shoulders,
Trapped behind these eyes of a lost beholder,
Forever Watching the horizon
Where I last saw your face ;

I am the ghost of every promise cruelty can break,
I am the spirit of every lonely heart that waits,
I am the shadow of every tear time has washed away,
I am the spectre of all these wasted days
Spent loving you,
Spent needing to
Choke myself on the blame
And suffocate in my shame,
I'm just the phantom that remains
Of so many hours begging you to stay ;

Please wait
Don't leave me here all alone,
Please stay
Why can't you come back home,
Please say
You'd never leave me here on my own ;