Love Lay Softly - Tom House

Love lay softly there beside me then she died

There was nothing left for her to hold onto

Just some skeletal remains bits and pieces and it pains me

To recall all I put her through

And it was just some pride justified

What I can’t face then I must hide and she knew

In them last lonely hours before the dawn

Love lay softly there beside me but she was gone

How can someone live their whole life so afraid

Like it’s all some horrible mistake once made

Can never be forgiven forgotten or denied

And I cried and I tried to find the words to say

But no matter how I felt that need I pushed her just that hard away

Come that rush of recognition where it all become so clear

Love lay softly there beside me but there’s no way she could stay here

And I’m clinging to some romance dancing right beyond my dreams

Where the madness gives me meaning silence seems the same as screams

And there’s a world that draws the lines so precisely and defines

Who we are or ever could be on our journey from the start

That light that shines so bright so briefly in the confines of my heart

And no apologies left in me now no way to make amends

Looking myself right dead in the eyes saying ok here’s how it ends

Come a murmur through the treetops like a secret must be told

And a hint of light the edges of a day dawn grey and cold

As the shadows swirl around her face and her dark eyes brim with tears

And my heart’s a twisted fist a-pounding that balance held so perfectly all

these many years

And how close were we really ever I guess I’ll never know

Love lay softly there beside me the rain is falling and that far wind I lay

listening to it blow

Let her go let her go…

And I’m clinging to some romance dancing right beyond all dreams

Where the madness gives me meaning silence sounds the same as screams

And there’s a world that draws the lines so precisely it defines

Who we are or ever could be on our journey from the start

That light that shines so bright so briefly in the confines of my heart

And no apologies left in me now and no way to make amends

Looking myself right dead in the eyes saying ok here’s how it ends

…Love lay softly there beside me then she died…