Loneliness – some people’s life
[Verse 1]
He wakes before the morning light
An empty room, no end in sight
Coffee cold, the silence near
The ticking clock the only ear
He walks the halls, the paint is cracked
Old photos fade, the frames are black
He whispers names he used to know
But time has left and won’t say hello
[Chorus]
But there’s a window to the sky
Where he still dreams that he could fly
Beyond the walls, beyond the pain
Into the arms of love again
He holds that hope inside his chest
That maybe life will send its best
He folds his hands, begins to pray
“God, let me find my peace one day”
[Verse 2]
The mailman comes but never stays
Just like the world, it looks then strays
The phone is still, no voices call
The only sound’s the furnace crawl
He keeps a chair by the fire’s side
Where once she laughed, now ghosts reside
He reads her letters every night
Each word a flicker of her light
[Chorus]
But there’s a window to the sky
Where he still dreams that he could fly
Beyond the walls, beyond the pain
Into the arms of love again
He holds that hope inside his chest
That maybe life will send its best
He folds his hands, begins to pray
“God, let me find my peace one day”
[Bridge]
Maybe tomorrow brings the rain
To wash away this aching strain
Or maybe just a passerby
Will see his soul and say hi
[Final Chorus]
So he keeps looking to the sky
Where every star is a reply
He tells himself, “You’re not yet done”
There’s still a place beneath the sun
He lights a candle, lets it burn
And waits for love to one day return
Michael Forty