one more time, someday

Do you hear me? Do you hear me?

Do you hear my call to you?

Every second grows so heavy

Daylight never pays its due.

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Smile…your smile was full of laughter

Smile…that light of brimming love—

All my heart was shining wonder

Given life's breath from above.

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How your footsteps graced the sunrise;

How your dances made my day!

How I loved, I still remember

Every step and sweep and sway.

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And—it brings those tears of memory

When I think, how bright I smiled

Took my flute, wove something tuneful

Round your steps, gracefully wild

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Oh such joy! We went perfectly—

Now I cry to see the same

Every ribbon, every dancer

Brings an echo of your name.

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"One more time, someday," you whispered.

One more time, I promised you.

And that day, I walked so carefree—

That was my last day with you.

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How I wish it hadn't ended

How I wish I'd never crossed

"One more time"—it'll never be, now…

One last time, forever lost.

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—And each time, it hurts a little

More than what it did before

How I long now, more than ever

For our final, lost encore.

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Do you hear me? Do you hear me?

Broken promises and pain…

As the lies fall from the darkness

On my soul, a forlorn rain.