The Protagonist Reflects on Recent Events in his Life*
Often, I do pray to be a better man than I do see
Standing there in front of me.
Mirrored truths to set us free; reflections leave me unhappy.
The world is cruel to fools like me.
A million thoughts race through my head, all because I think of you.
A thousand loving memories remembered ‘cause I think of you.
All I want is your loving, all because I think of you.
A warm embrace that I do feel in thinking about hugging you.
Never felt that way before**, until I started loving you.***
When angels fall asleep, must they all go up to heaven?
When angels fall asleep, do they ever come back down?
What am I? A man that cries tears that seem so tepid.
What am I, again? It seems the world will forever frown.
I know you’re not coming back,
And I know all the pain you had,
And I know you’re not coming down.
I know I’ll never be there.
What am I? So weak that I should feel so insignificant.
Why’s existence bleak so that I can’t perform a stunt?
Anxiety comes over me and I become decrepit.
Angels that are set free and the truth remains so blunt.
I know I’ll never be there,
And I know you’re not coming down.
I know all the pain you had,
And I know you’re not coming back to me.
No, you’re not coming back to me.
Never felt this way before; now I can’t stop loving you.
A cold embrace that I did feel the last time I spent hugging you.
All I want is your loving, but now you’re gone. I think of you.
A thousand loving memories remembered ‘cause I think of you.
A million thoughts race through my head, all because I think of you.
And I can’t help to think of you; all I need and want is you.
* Written for a friend from my high school years.
** I was listening to the National again yesterday, and I realized that this line might be from a song of theirs. However, it is not. I might have imagined this line as being lyrics from their song “Demons.”
***This portion was written as a bit of an exercise for Valentine’s day. However, I found that I could fit it in as part of this song, and so it is included.