New Storms For Older Lovers

"I've come here as a man in shambles

Worn out from begging on my knees

Please, I'm just trying to

Keep my family together

Now, when you saw your lover

Wore a ring around her finger

Why didn't you stop?

I have half a mind to make you hurt

To make you bleed, to make you suffer

I swear, if you've touched her

Oh, heaven, forgive what

I would do to you, you monster!

And think about your children?

They'll never believe what you've done

Listen, I'm begging you, back off

Let me rebuild all the things that you shattered

She meant it, I swear that she meant it

She whispered so often

'Husband, I'll always be here with you.'

But always is always and always is valueless.

I wish I'd never heard her speak a word.

And I hope you see us

Your wife and your children and I

Buried in the wreckage of your crime

While you're laying down your sins

Softly leaning in to kiss your guilt goodnight."

She is mine.

You stole her, somehow tricked her

But we'll survive. We will.

She loves me dearly - you'll see.

You are blind. She loves me dearly.

Breathe in.

He finally paused to take a breath

Then looked down - it felt like staring into hell.

The man was seated in a chair before him, silent,

A statue framed in pain and flesh. He thought,

"Oh, what more can I say to sway him?

To make this statue speak?

I swear he's made of stone

And I am barely stirring up a breeze."

And after waiting in the silence

Finally turned around to leave

Broken and barely through the doorway

Breathing slowly, beating hard

He heard him speak:

"I guess love's a funny thing

The way it fades away without a warning.

It doesn't ask to be excused.

And when it's gone, oh, it's gone

And it ain't ever comin' back

There is nothing you can do to save it,

To make it breathe the way it did

When you were sliding on the ring.

Trust me: It's gone for good.

Now there is nothing you can do to stop me.

She is happy when she is with me

And I am finally alive. I'm sorry."