Suspended Disbelief

Lyrical selections from the 1990s

Nothing to Forgive

So surreal,
kind of like the transition
from life to death.
Close my eyes, I can still feel
your warm breathe on my neck.
The remembered tender moments
of your trembling body next to mine.

Dark nights
under a black satin sky,
counting stars until we fell asleep.
On the cold ground, in the heat of passion,
making promises you never meant to keep.
You’d caress me with one hand,
then the other’d slap my face
I wonder what I did that was so wrong.

How empty
are the days my love,
now that you are gone
and the shadows of the night my love,
no longer vanish with the dawn.
I try to hide in my dreams
but I always dream of you.

I look in the mirror
and I’m forced to wonder
just what the hell have I become?
No more a man,
more like a frightened child
with nowhere left to run
and I just can’t help but hope
that some day you’ll change your mind
and once again I’ll hold you in my arms.

I can’t forgive you for the pain
because between us there’s nothing to forgive.

So surreal,
kind of like the transition
from life to death.
I’ll call your name
with the whispered echo
of my dying breath.
Then you’ll come to my side
and I’ll see you smile
and my eyes will slowly close
for the final time.

© 1995 Winterwind Music