The Seven Shades of Sadness
When you don’t know what to do
And every thing you think and feel is wrong
Where can you go in the world
When all your hopes and dreams are gone
Fucked up by some careless wave of your hand
When you had the perfect chance
And you stood and watched it pass by
And by the time that it was gone
All you could do was sit and cry
I watched them all slip through my fingers like sand
And when you think you have it all
And your future is looking bright
What can you do to keep your happiest days
From turning to eternal night
I want to hold on for as long as I can make it last
How do you force yourself
To not resign or play along
How do you struggle through it
When all your faith is gone
So much time to make it work and it all crashes down so fast
There is no way that exists
For you to be consoled
When you’ve broken the rules of love
And betrayed your very soul
And I’m starting to wonder now if I deserve to ever love at all
When melancholy sadness
Turns to tempestuous rage
And you’re drifting farther
Every second of every day
No one can help me now; all they can do is stand and watch me fall
If love is the most powerful emotion
And what they say is true
Everything will turn out fine
And love will help me see this through
If only that were possible, and I still had a chance at all
So now when this is over and I die
Only you will know the reason why
I went against my heart;
Love is what tore me apart
And seven shades of sadness were the only things that colored my life
Copyright ©1997 by Veronica L. F. Jensen
