These 'lyrics' were written shortly after I finished the book. I felt more for Cathy Linton than for her mother, so when I decided to do lyrics, I decided also to pick her side of the story. I'm more of a prose than poetry writer, so I hope you will take it easy on me. I did not write a fanfiction, because I feel the story is great enough as it is. There's nothing left I'd like to fill in for myself.
This is basically about Cathy going to her mother's grave and telling her everything she feels. It takes place a little while before the beginning of the book, as Linton is still alive (he's the second 'he' in the lyrics: the first one is Heathcliff).
I do not own Wuthering Heights (go figure, what would it be doing on otherwise?). It's all © Emily Brontë. And I don't care one bit about the 'copyright expires 70 years after author's death' thing.
Wuthering Heights
Raindrops drip on my face
I taste them, bitterly
They trickle on the ground
Moisten my mother's grave
Raindrops meddle with my tears
Drop on the grave I see
A grave carrying my own name
Are we bound by more than blood?
Like you
I can feel
I will bear
The same feelings you once had
The same pain you once felt
Why must I be the same?
Why is the same fate hitting me?
This man I think you loved
Handles me with nothing
But deep, angry vengeance
As if I were the one to blame
For no reason I went to your grave
Covered with moss, you've lied here
For as long as I have lived my life
I took your life – are you taking mine?
Like you
I can feel
I will bear
The same feelings you once had
The same pain you once felt
Why must I be the same?
Why is the same fate hitting me?
Will I ever break the circle we hold?
It's the only bond I've ever had with you
We both felt this pain of deep intensity
The pain that's now tearing my heart apart
I think I loved him once, in a faraway past
He's changed so now, he has been morphed
His heart is yet even more fragile than mine
Its collapse will only be a matter of time
Like you
I can feel
I will bear
The same feelings you once had
The same pain you once felt
Why must I be the same?
Why is the same fate hitting me?
Maybe my pining will come to an end
Maybe the circle of pain will finally break
Maybe, maybe
Maybe…
I even might learn how to love again
Like you
I am now
But like you
I am not willing to end
My life, my heart is my possession
The road they'll take is mine to decide
I thank you, mother –
You've given me hope again.