I saw it whenever we touched
I heard in your sweet sighs of surrender
I knew it in my heart,
For which my mind did not comprehend
I wanted what I could not have acquired

I spoke out of step
Hearing your yelp of surprise
I craved you with undeterred determination
I lost the fight to others at every turn
Never good enough for you

I see now my folly
It was not that I could not gain you
But that you were taken
Were always to another though you never told tale
I did not fight for your sweet embrace

A passion lit but unrequited
A flame drowned beneath the sea
A branch braking from its tree

I see now my folly
Tis not that you were of another
But only that time was never right
Gone was I when another tied you to them
Help to guide you when I could not

I see now my folly
I did not fight for thee
I saw but could never reach high enough
Bound to you am I
This part of my tale never to be told
Ever beheld by other eyes
But never embraced by thee

I saw my folly then as well
It was never meant to be