Suspended Disbelief

Lyrical selections from the 1990s

No Pretty Words

Light a candle
to keep the night away,
stare at the dead roses
lying on the floor
as I
try to understand
how empathy and love
turned to pity and scorn.

And I remember
lying at your feet,
watching the coldness
settle in your eyes
as you,
you said you’d had enough,
no pretty words could ever ease
the pain inside.

Day after day
I keep hoping I
will find the feeling that your leaving took away.
Night after night,
when I touch myself,
I find that I still call out your name.

Light a candle
to keep the dreams away
but the visions are the same,
you’re dancing on my grave
and you,
you were everything,
every hope and prayer
and the one who took away
my faith.

© 1996 Winterwind Music