If I Can't Love Her

And in my twisted face, there's not the slightest trace

Of anything that even hints at kindness

And from my tortured shape, no comfort, no escape

I see, but deep within is utter blindness

Hopeless as my dream dies

As the time flies, love a lost illusion

Helpless, unforgiven, cold and driven

To this sad conclusion

No beauty could move me, no goodness improve me

No power on earth, if I can't love her

No passion could reach me, no lesson could teach me

How I could have loved her and make her love me, too

If I can't love her, then who?

Long ago I should have seen

All the things I could have been

Careless and unthinking, I moved onward

No pain could be deeper, no life could be cheaper

No point anymore, if I can't love her

No spirit could win me, no hope left within me

Hope I could have loved her and that she'd set me free

But it's not to be, if I can't love her

Let the world be done with me