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Songs softly lilt, melodies sweet and light
We're lulled into dreams of a happy end
But where vanished those reds and blues so bright,
Now shadows, making music warp and bend
Portending unimaginable dread
A sinister foe pretends to advise
A voice cracks and chokes on words left unsaid
A knife-sharp love lacerates and unties
Fierce candles enflamed with fear and with rage
Flicker and melt into a hopeless kiss
Bright songbirds entrapped in a gilded cage
Await their plunge into a dark abyss
What will happen to our heartwarming dreams?
Our fervent wishes for eternal bliss?
Take care with things that are not as they seem
With meanings that may be easy to miss
Hold fast to each other, hold dear and tight
Whisper and comfort, "It will be all right"
Carry each other all through the long night
Keep faith until the nightingale alights
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