COLD AND STILL
This is the hardest thing I've ever done
Standing here and watching you run away
It's ok
It's ok
I will stay
I will not follow
And as you fade into the night
I will not turn on the light
I will lie
In the dark
Keeping counsel with my sorrow
But it's a long way down from paradise
From lovers to strangers
From fire to ice
And if this doesn't kill me nothing will
So in a moment of weakness I wrote this song
It belongs to you
But you are gone
Now the words hang in the air
Cold and still
Although the buds are bursting on the trees
And the world's alive with birds and bees
Winter's icy fingers
Grip my heart
Oh I could be strong for you
As strong as you need me to
And the frost on your words lets me know
I need to be strong
'Cause it's a long way down from paradise
From lovers to strangers
From fire to ice
And if this doesn't kill me nothing will
So in a moment of weakness I wrote this song
It belongs to you
But you are gone
Now the words hang in the air
Cold and still
Remember when I held you in my arms and I looked into your eyes?
Something in me broke and I believed
Now you're out of reach and maybe I'll never know
If you could look into my eyes and say we were deceived
So now the buds are bursting on the trees
And the world's alive with birds and bees
But winter's icy fingers
Grip my heart
If I had been strong for you
As strong as you needed me to
Maybe we would not be
So far apart
But it's a long way down from paradise
From lovers to strangers
From fire to ice
And if this doesn't kill me nothing will
So in a moment of weakness I wrote this song
It belongs to you
But you are gone
Now the words hang in the air
Cold and still
Cold and still
©2018 Bennett Italia
If you enjoy this song, please check out my entries for the Songwriters' Challenge for this week:
And last week's entries: