Wasted Effort Is All It Is

The brightness of the colors
that made a majestic arc
only faded memory of so long ago
now all I can see is the dark

Was invigorated by your presence
but you've gone and I have numbed the pain
look past the aches of a sour taste
I am still not sure I have anything to gain

"Because now love is gone
I can't go on, love is gone
I want to say but it's just too late
Waited far too long"

Can check but my soul is not tortured
for that would denote feeling remains
but they heart has all dried
no emotion just the brain to sustain

So I replicate the rock
who can't be penetrated or affectionately swayed
for I know to let up in the end
would result in a heart broken and played

And I know "Can't stop fallin', heartaches callin'
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners, take no prisoners
What's left after you fall?
No not much, no

So not to be consumed or bloodied
after love's deadly trance
remind yourself of the frailties
when you get caught up in the lover's glance

Remember that is maybe lust
the body talking big time
when construed for something more
that is when logic leaves the mind

Now I tell you
"What do you get when you kiss a girl/guy
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia
After you do, he'll never phone ya
I'll never fall in love again"

So maybe the player has a point
when no attachment gets through
for the scares and aches of Aphrodite's ways
can down any human like a ultimate wrecking crew


Lyrics courtesy of Jonathan Cain/Steve Perry, "After The Fall", and Burt Bacharach, "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"