I can't always write

what you want to hear

But that can't stop me

from trying

I'm not sure where my love went

but it's gone

I'm not sure where

a certain rhyme came from

but now it's in a song

She asked me

Do you know

from where the darkness comes

Is there no thought

of where you might go

Is there no memory

of where you are from

I can't see tomorrow

I have a hard enough time

figuring out where I am today

or where I might have been yesterday

She might have said something to me

But it didn't make a lasting impression

or so I try to tell myself

each and every day

If a song makes you cry

it gets five stars

I'm still thinking of you

with no word for years

Is it the rhythm and melody

words spoken and sung

or the memories tied

that evoke these tears

I can't always write

what you want to hear

But that can't stop me

from trying