You advised me how to get by
You said forget – but how can I?
Can my lungs forget to breathe?
Can my heart forget to beat?
Can I forget my love for you?
You said forget – but how can I?
Tell me how and I will try
I’ll try – but I know I won’t survive.

Tears of blood
Cried by my broken heart
Tears of blood
Flowed when you tore it apart
Tears of blood
Colour red each lonely night
Tears of blood
Mean the end is in sight.

I can’t stop loving you
Though you know how hard I try
I can’t help remembering you
Though each time I break down and cry:
From the moment you went away
I lost every meaning to my life
A gash opened up on that day
I’ll heal the wound with a knife.

Tears of blood
Cried by my broken heart
Tears of blood
Flowed when you tore it apart
Tears of blood
Colour red each lonely night
Tears of blood
Mean the end is in sight.

Don’t ask why if I start to cry
– I was planning to ask you to be my wife –
If ever you see me just walk on by
You’re no longer in the plans of my life;
Blood of my heart, don’t delay, flow away
I’ll set you free with a knife
Blood of my heart, don’t stay, flow away
Flow out of my life.

Tears of blood
Cried by my broken heart
Tears of blood
Flowed when you tore it apart
Tears of blood
Colour red each lonely night
Tears of blood
Mean the end is in sight.

(c) Satori Publishing, 2013.