Op. 37 No. 1
Based on Chopin’s Nocturnes, Op. 37 No. 1
Your shoulders have turned cold
Your eyes devoid of light
The heart knows what it wants to know, but the mind knows what is right
But when I reminisce on all the times that we’ve had, you’re still better than all the rest
You’re no longer the same man, still, I love you nonetheless
I hold onto the memories and the words that bring relief
I’ll dance around discernment just to spare myself the grief
And I’ll strike this torturous nocturne until I'm ragged and out of breath
You take my devotion for a game, still, I love you nonetheless
Now I sit across a softened man, a man for which I prayed
A man who admits that he was wrong, a man who knows he's changed
And a vow to be reborn leads me to forgive the test
The worst is through, and despite all that I knew, I’ll still love you nonetheless
But in the end, I suppose it's true, the mind knows what is right
But the heart will drag you through despair, through many a sleepless night
The man that I knew is gone; into the night he fled
But he forgot his burnished vow, the only thing I have left
Like a fool, I loved him in spite of it all, and like a fool, I’ve no regrets
A life that's new is a life without you, still your name gets caught in my chest
I should be through, but it still rings true, I love you nonetheless
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