No Backward Glances - Seachange

She was the one they turned to

When all else had seemed to fail

She was the one who listened

Who gave herself up through it all

Only so much someone can take

Propping up another’s dreams

To reach such fame in the eyes of your friends

Surely you were misunderstood

All those secret moments alone

Where you wondered just who you were

All the love you gave seemed from somewhere else

Something learnt, but never real

Letters from sunken, poor lost souls

Who’d misread the look in your eyes

Taking a shot in the dark at your love

Woman you can leave them all behind

Now your pushing yourself even further

Found the strength to aim for higher ground

You are your mother

Your father

Your sister

Your brother

All of them are with you inside

She was the one they turned to

When they needed a woman’s voice

She was the one who listened

And gave out the gentle advice

When could you break from the image?

Put aside the perfect face?

Be wrong, be rude, be nasty and cold

Start putting people in their place

Back to the woods where your brother played

Back to the promises your mother made

Back to the room where your sister stayed

Back to the year when you felt the change

You carried weights not all could see

But you put them down and you danced with me

Danced in the summer Danced in the rain

Danced away the past Danced away the pain

Out in the country we stood as the lightening cracked

You told me you had to go on alone and not come back

You are your mother

Your father

Your sister

Your brother

All of them are with you inside

They will never, never, never forget you no they’ll never, never,

never forget you

When I met you

That night

You were falling down

Desperately searching

For a loving sound

With perfect

Strangers

In an unknown town

We fell in together

Until morning

Came

We looked harder

Together

Look at what we

Found!

Now we are over

We are stronger

Even though we are apart