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.