Unbidden flow the memories and tears.
So many joys and sorrows; wasted years.
If asked to share one memory, I'd find
the day you went and left me far behind,
and memories are all I've saved of you -
a tourmaline, a sapphire; jewelled hue
when I saw love reflected in your eyes.
So full of kindness; usually so wise...
But foolish whims we follow without cause...
If ever given reason, we should pause
and thus ensure we know the risks we take,
for life can end with just one sad mistake,
and everything we lived for can be gone.
If haste makes waste, then impulses can spawn
a carelessness we'd otherwise reject.
The kind of things we never would expect
come crashing down to end a life and love!
And midnight blue forever lives thereof...
And midnight blue forever lives thereof!
Did peace descend, like God's own graceful dove?
What madness made you try to swim so far?
I hooked my dreams to your own special star
and now there's nothing left but pain and tears -
whatever shall I do with all my years?
There's no one to fulfill my hopes and prayers -
t'was you, whose heart was full of others' cares.
You had a helping hand for all in need,
but left me here to mourn, my heart to bleed,
and all because you foolishly gave in -
a stupid bet no one could ever win!
I pleaded with you not to take the chance,
but moonlight on blue water was romance.
What impulse made you suddenly take dares?
You were a man who never put on airs,
though sought to prove your masculinity -
that grin, assurance meant for only me...
That grin, assurance meant for only me...
but now the smile that only angels see...
I can't forgive your brother for his charm
when challenging brought you to fatal harm!
But even more, I'm furious with you!
You left me here to live in midnight blue,
when I would rather live inside your eyes -
when I would gladly be the one who dies!
Was your last thought of me as you succumbed?
My breath you stole, and every instinct numbed
as on ship's deck, we watched for your return...
my heart beat full of fear, and still I yearn...
I will forever, never giving up -
yes that's your legacy, a brimming cup
of sea and sorrow for a childish whim...
Oh, why decide to take that moonlit swim?
My plaintive pleas fell on your stubborn ears...
and I can never live with all these tears...
I take the plunge, the blue is silken sweet,
and oh, my love, in Heaven pray we meet!
