No Heart No Love

I'M NOT IN LOVE ANYMORE
MY HEART IS DEAD TO THE WORLD
AFTER ALL I'VE LOVED ENOUGH
TO LAST MY WHOLE LIFE THROUGH
I'VE FELT IT ALL
THE THRILL THE PAIN
I'VE FELT IT STRONG
BUT ALL IN VAIN
WHAT I SOUGHT
LIKE CRAZED OBSESSION
NOW SEEMS DULL
WITH NO EXPRESSION
I SIT AND STARE
SEEM UNAWARE
OF LIFE THAT DOES SURROUND ME
I DRIFT NO RUE
A DEAD ISSUE
NOW ACCEPTING THIS DECREE
I CAN NOT LOVE
I CAN NOT FEEL
I CAN NOT SEEM TO CARE
I CAN NOT GET
IT BACK AGAIN
IT ALL SEEMS SO UNFAIR
ONCE MY HEART LEAPT
WAY TO FAR
AND NOW IT'S GONE FOR GOOD
I SHOULD HAVE KEPT
IT CLOSE TO ME
TOO LATE FOR SAYING SHOULD
WHAT'S LEFT NOW
IS BUT TO TRY
TO LIVE WITHOUT A HEART
GETTING USED TO
INDIFFERENCE
IS ONLY JUST THE START
MAYBE THE FIERY DARTS
THAT ALWAYS CAME MY WAY
WERE QUENCHED BY THE PARTS
THAT HAVE NOW GONE AWAY
JUST TOO MANY IT SEEMS THERE WERE
TO FIGHT WITHOUT A BREAK
THERE WAS NO TIME TO STOP FOR MYRRH
FOR HEALING FOR LOVE'S SAKE
INTEGRATION OF LOVE AND HATE
COULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE
WAY TO SEE THIS UNFEELING FATE
ALL IN ALL A WAY TO LIVE

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