When Love Is an Affliction

When love is an affliction,
There's not much one can do.
Despite the way you've treated me,
I'm still in love with you.

I am the wave and you the rock
Against which I must break:
Again, again the crushing jolt,
The pain I can't forsake;

Again, again the long retreat
To safety, far from shore,
And then again, I don't know why,
The long trip back for more.

Perhaps it is nostalgia for
A long uncertain glow,
Or just some hope so beautiful
I cannot let it go.

Perhaps it is the need to try
For those who must depend
On who we are and what we do,
For whom this should not end.

What evil makes you hurt me so,
What defect of the heart?
What sense there is no greater whole
Of which you are a part?

What lonely choice that only you
Be served by what you choose?
What hard, hard fear of losing what
It is a gift to lose?

I dream sometimes my waiting love
Has made you turn again.
But you care only for yourself,
And I must love in vain.

Everything I've Done, I've Done

Everything I've done, I've done
Only for your love.
Everything I am, I am
In hopes your heart will move.

I know that you love someone else,
But while you're away,
I'll love you just as though our love
Would last till you are grey.

Till you and I are grey, my love,
And all our days are done,
I'll love you just as I do now;
Your heart's my only home.

You were going your own way
I was going on my mine
Our path crossed and we met
I became your friend and you became mine

Your things were different and so were mine
We walked together and shared some smiles
When I cried, you hold my hand
When you were upset, I gave you strength

We were stranger but shared strong rapport
We had different object but shared same path
When journey is long and we are walking along
When we are moving to apart and growing for the last

We have our own path but wanna be in the past
As the more we walked, and more we walked
More we walked on that road
And to each other’s heart

Its time to move on our own path
Its time to walk for our own mark
I realized its tough to get apart
I felt it’s impossible to go to the past

Cause you have your own life and I have my own
Its just we can do is to accept the time
Time has come to get apart
Time has come to say good-bye

Even if what I don’t wanna walk alone
Even if what you don’t wanna move further
Its life, its time, and it’s the future we hold

We get apart, look back, and smile
And say bye and move forwards
I shall always be in your heart
And you will always be in my heart...