saw you in the garden 
that one summer, 
in your rumpled dresses 
trampling on roses

brought you to that frozen lake
where i 
watched your broken soul ache
where you told me 
your secret griefs 

and sometimes i can’t help but wish 
things hadn’t changed between us 
was it pride, was it the way 
i wasn’t by your side 

was it my broken promises 
and miserable lies 
that made you think otherwise? 

but i promise i’ll be a better man, 
be a bit less of a fool, someone wise 

this time
i’d like to make you mine

saw you in the desert 
that next summer, 
in your military blues 
like a plan gone askew 

things would never be the same 
and i would 
never call your name 

all this was an old fantasy 
it wasn’t meant to be

sometimes i can’t help but wish 
things hadn’t changed between us 
was it pride, was it the way 
i wasn’t by your side 

was it my broken promises 
and miserable lies 
that made you think otherwise? 

but i promise i’ll be a better man, 
be a bit less of a fool, someone wise 

this time
i’d like to make you mine

never would’ve thought 
we’d end up this way 
from old-time lovers 
to nothing but hearsay 

it’s hard, when I just 
wanna hear your voice
at two in the morning, 
kiss you in the pouring rain 
take away all your pain

sometimes i can’t help but wish 
things hadn’t changed between us 
was it pride, was it the way 
i wasn’t by your side 

was it my broken promises 
and miserable lies 
that made you think otherwise? 

but i promise i’ll be a better man, 
be a bit less of a fool, someone wise 

this time
i promise I’ll make you mine 

                                     © eri / 2021

(also on soundcloud)