Haunted

[billroper]

I tripped over the melody line for this on Thursday night. When daisy_knotwise took some time getting Katie to sleep last night (and then thoughtfully headed off to spend some late night time on the computer while I finished things up), the lyrics came to follow.

Lyrics and Music: Bill Roper
Copyright 2007

Haunted

A voice in the wind whispers gently,
Speaking of things I don’t dare,
Repeating the promise you sent me
And swearing you’ll always be there.
You’ll be there.
Everywhere.

And I beg you to grant me one answer
To just how this all came to be.
The wind swirls the leaves like a dancer
And shadows are all I can see.
Shadows of you and of me.
I can see.

You said that you loved me and never would go
And I thought that our love had forever to grow.
But death is a bastard and takes who he will
And with your last breath, you swore you’d love me still.

I hear your voice whisper by moonlight
And when I awake at the dawn.
I reach out to you holding you tight,
But when I close my arms, you are gone.
You are gone.
Then you’re gone.

And if I found I had the power
To tell you to go or to stay,
Stop haunting my dreams for an hour,
I don’t know just what I would say.
I would say
Anyway.

They say that I’m crazy and I might agree
And no one else hears what you’re saying to me
And if I should stand on the edge of a hill
And take one last step, I could be with you still.

A voice in the wind whispers gently,
Speaking of things I don’t dare,
Repeating the promise you sent me
And swearing you’ll always be there.
You’ll be there.
You’ll be there.
Everywhere.