(you were) meant to break my heart

refrain: I know you were meant to break my heart
I feel the strain whenever we're apart
there is no way for me
to speak of destiny
but I'm a fool enamored by your art
because you were meant to break my heart

I saw you once upon a fractured time
the way you touched my heart was so sublime
but distance and experience can't dim
the ardor of a heart that cannot win

how I wish that one day we could meet
and secretly exchange some kisses sweet
but that can only happen in my dream
for you are never quite the man you seem

refrain

my world has been turned by a dervish who
is changing what I once believed was true
you hide into my heart and then disappear
then whisper softly in my shell-like ear

oh, stop this madness with some tangible
token that will make my heart feel full
this smoke-and-mirror courtship is absurd
because I hang on to your every word

refrain

©2008 Cynth McGarvie-Bage