Midnight Melancholia

The smile of melancholia
You wore within your eyes
Found a hidden way into my heart
And before I saw the danger
Of being so unwise
I told you that I loved you at the start

I told you that my love was true
And that I want to be with you
I asked that we should never be apart
I wondered, could you love me too
And then I left it up to you
And that is how I went and broke my heart

Cause I never made you mine
I gave you space, and I gave you time
And now I’m payin’ for my crime
I never made you mine

You’d think a love you never had
Would be the easiest to betray
But when peace eludes my night it breaks my day
And I’m still lookin’ for an answer
‘Cause I live with one big doubt -
– How can anybody know what love's about?

And my todays are now tomorrows
But tomorrow's far too late
‘Cause yesterday has passed and sealed my fate
I would have done most anything
To get you to remain
But I couldn't even say your name

And I never made you mine
I gave you space, and I gave you time
And now I’m payin’ for my crime
I never made you mine

I saw such silence in your eyes
How could I have been so unwise
And ever still this love-light never dies
And there's no getting past this – while
My heart scorns my head's denial
Or there's a mystery in a Celtic smile

For I never made you mine
I gave you space, and I gave you time
And now I’m payin’ for my crime
I never made you mine

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