AUTUMN WAS A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DESERT BLIND AND NAKED
NEVER BEFORE IN MY LIFE FACED SUCH DARK SKIES SO LACED WITH HATRED
WHEN GAZING IN YOUR EYES I FELT A STIRRING OF SOMETHING SACRED
YOUR BABY BLUES WERE AN OASIS GAVE ME HOPE THAT I COULD MAKE IT
A HURRICANE OF LOVE SWEPT US AWAY IN A TEMPEST OF PASSION
THE INSANE LEPERS CHASING ME FELL AWAY AS YOU CAME IN A FLASH AND
UNFOLDING WAS A DREAM I LONG AGO DEEMED TO BE UNREAL
BUT YOUR LOVE WAS A STARBEAM THAT LIT THE NIGHT AND LET ME HEAL
MY WAYFARING WASN'T THROUGH, AS THIS CRUCIBLE BURST ME FROM YOU
OH, WHILE LOSING MYSELF IN YOUR VOICE WAS A LARK THROUGH AND THROUGH
THE DARKNESS OF BEING APART STREW MY HEART SO BLUE
ALL OVER CALIFORNIA, THE BAY AND THE SUISUN SLOUGH

AND ALL OVER I-5 AS OUR DISTANCE GREW AND GREW
AND NOW I'M HEARTSICK SO WITHOUT YOU
THE TWILIGHTS THICK WITHOUT YOU
WHY AM I STRICKEN SO WITHOUT YOU?
MY BABY'S FARAWAY TRUE BLUE
AND NOW I'M SO BROKEN WITHOUT YOU

AND NOW I'M SO BROKEN WITHOUT YOU
I'M A BROKEN BOY OH WITHOUT YOU
AND NOW I'M SO BROKEN WITHOUT YOU , WITHOUT YOU

AND NOW I'M SO BROKEN WITHOUT YOU
THE UNKNOWN ROAD AHEAD IS ABTRUSE
UNTIL I KNOW, AIM WITHOUT YOU, WITHOUT YOU

AND NOW I'M SO BROKEN WITHOUT YOU
I'M A BROKEN BOY OH WITHOUT YOU
AND NOW I'M SO BROKEN WITHOUT YOU , WITHOUT YOU

AND NOW I'M SO BROKEN WITHOUT YOU
THE UNKNOWN ROAD AHEAD IS ABTRUSE
UNTIL I KNOW, AIM WITHOUT YOU, WITHOUT YOU

WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE
THIS VIEW IS LIKE AVICIDE
SIOUXSIE SIOUX SANG YOU DIE SLOW IN A SLOW SLOW DIVE
I WANT TO BE ALIVE
AND I WANT TO SOMEHOW SURVIVE
AND I WANT TO ARRIVE IN A LIGHT FILLED STATE OF BLISS BY YOUR SIDE

OR NOT IF YOU ARE WITHOUT ME IN YOUR HEART
DISTANCE SO HARD TO SEE FAR IN THE DARK
SHOW ME A SIGN IN THE CLOUDS THAT SATE THE SKY
WILL YOU BE MINE OR WILL I WAIT UNTIL I DIE?
DIE DIE DIE

I'M A BROKEN BOY WITHOUT THE RUINS OF MY EVERLOVIN HEART

WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE
I FALL INTO TEMPORI-CIDE
SOMEHOW I NEED TO FLY INTO YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
I WANT TO BE ALIVE
AND I WANT TO SOMEHOW SURVIVE
AND I WANT TO ARRIVE IN A LIGHT FILLED STATE OF BLISS BY YOUR SIDE

OR NOT IF YOU ARE WITHOUT ME IN YOUR HEART
DISTANCE SO HARD TO SEE FAR IN THE DARK
SHOW ME A SIGN IN THE CLOUDS THAT SATE THE SKY
WILL YOU BE MINE OR WILL I WAIT UNTIL I DIE?
DIE DIE DIE

I'M A BROKEN BOY WITHOUT THE RUINS OF MY EVERLOVIN HEART

OR NOT IF YOU ARE WITHOUT ME IN YOUR HEART
DISTANCE SO HARD TO SEE FAR IN THE DARK
SHOW ME A SIGN IN THE CLOUDS THAT SATE THE SKY
WILL YOU BE MINE OR WILL I WAIT UNTIL I DIE?
DIE DIE DIE

I'M A BROKEN BOY WITHOUT THE RUINS OF MY EVERLOVIN HEART
I'M A BROKEN BOY WITHOUT THE RUINS OF MY EVERLOVIN HEART


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    A reflextion of one of the difficult stages in facing the lost of a realationship. In the moment all seems lost, however a potential to grow. Seek healing and undestanding. Fix the broken and heal.

    Thinwhitedukeon December 28, 2006   Link

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