Fading Hearts

Loved you since the world was bright

Now I’m off to face the fight

Can’t shield you from his grasp so tight

Wonder if you’ll be alright

Every shadow grows tonight

I reach for you but you’re out of sight

Saw the fear behind your eyes

Silent cries, no big surprise

Leaving you beneath shadowed skies

Echoes haunt my long goodbyes

Every heartbeat feels the strain

Wishing I could ease your pain

Will he break you when I’m gone?

In the night, so dim and drawn

Heartache’s song, a lonely dawn

Hope your spirit carries on

Every letter that I write

Whispers prayers into the night

Hold on through his darkest blight

Love will be your guiding light

Distance grows but you remain

A spark of hope within the rain

Distance builds this aching void

Dreams of you, so often destroyed

Time and pain both deploy

But your memory I’ll never toy

Will he break you when I’m gone?

In the night, so dim and drawn

Heartache’s song, a lonely dawn

Hope your spirit carries on

Will he break you when I’m gone?

In the night, hold on, stay strong

Heartache fades by morning’s dawn

Love will carry you along