I can still remember
the day you cut your hair
you were smiling then.
You wore his ring on your finger
and your heart on your sleeve
the world was your oyster
and you, it's pearl.
It was sometime in the winter
when he left you in the cold
there were tears in your eyes
and a lump in your throat
you said: "I've patched up my old wounds
with promises of bright tomorrows
stitched tight with half-hearted hopes," and you'd sing.
But you'd say "there's no hope here anymore."
"But I don't want to let you know
that I'm not strong like I used to be
it's just this suffocating sadness, like a morbid infatuation, plays with my head and leaves me fucked."
"I'm ready to leave dear
and at times I can see it in your eyes that you are too
but this black cloud
was never meant for you."
You still dream
I can see it in your smile
your heart still screams
for you to push a little further.
Well don't lose hope
because the day is always blackest just before the dawn
dear, you have to hold on.
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