Lamentations Lyrics

I'm staring at the fading man who lives inside my mirror

And I hate to see my days dwindling away

I was quite the golden boy before I left these hills

Now I reckon that I probably should have stayed

I wandered out into the world a star-eyed clumsy youth

And by its risk I was rewarded change

The boy you loved just faltered like a thirsty autumn leaf

And a troubled soul moved in to take his place

Lamentations play throughout my days

That heartsick music never goes away

I stumbled to a place I didn't want to lead you to

Where devils darkened every bitter day

I had to cut you loose so that I wouldn't do you wrong

And I matched the tears that wet your pretty face

So many tend to lie and say that they have no regrets

As if they've done no harm along the way

The best that one can do is live and try not to forget

It doesn't take a villain to cause pain