Bittersweet Symphony
Serenade: Youji


Alone in the shadows
Crying silently
No one sees the sufferings I bear
Soul wrenched with sadness
Heart filled with pain
Never healing always remembering
A love once lost
A love that can't be replaced


Behind a mask I hide
Letting the world see
A person always smiling
A person without care
For tomorrows or yesterdays


I pretend to live for the now
Almost believing the lie I've weaved
Never giving always taking
A part of their souls but none from mine


Is this what I want I wonder
To be alone in a sea of people
With no one to reach
No one to hear my cries
Nor listen to my longings


When will I let my heart be touched
When will I let others near
When will I show them
Who I truly am
What I truly feel


To move on and live again
Not a mere existence
To wake up from this nightmare
And learn to dream
Of a future not mine to have
But mine to give


Kaleidoscope of tears
Silver smoke dancing
A gasp of breath
Fluttering wings of a butterfly
Another life severed.