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NOTE: This song was written for the competition at SongFight.org, where each week entrants write a new song using the song title the site gives out. The title for the week I entered was "Convalescence", so that is how the song got its name.
Convalescence
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"We need to talk"
that's how the conversation began
those are never good words
uttered by a woman or a man
She told me she loved me
but in love she was not
that it was time to move on
we'd given it our best shot
Then to top it off
she said we could still be friends
and she'd come back later
to pick up her little odds and ends
I sat there stunned
taken completely by surprise
could feel tears of sadness
welling up in my eyes
The walls of my soul
began to crack and crumble
all I could do was respond
in an idiotic mumble
As she walked away
I just sat and stared
she'll never really know
how much that I cared
That she rocked my world
made my life complete
when I stared into her eyes
my heart skipped a beat
Now I'm all alone
in the darkness of night
only ashes remain
where there once was light
Chorus
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God help me
God help me through
this emotional convalescence
heal me and take away the pain
you give me comfort with your presence
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Like that injured English Patient
all alone I convalesce
haunted by the memories
I tried so hard to repress
I move from room to room
take your photos off the wall
trying to make believe
you never existed at all
But everywhere I go
I still see your face
I hope the passage of time
gives me some breathing space
Will I get back in the game
and someday fall in love?
Will I walk through fire
when push comes to shove?
I know all this hurt
has only made me stronger
wallowing in self-pity
I can live with no longer
So I'll do what it takes
to regroup and recover
find my own way out
from where the storm clouds hover
Maybe tomorrow
will be a brand new day
the ghosts of my past
I will wash away
I'll breath in the air
and lay out in the sun
feel the peace of knowing
a new chapter's begun
Chorus
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God help me
God help me through
this emotional convalescence
heal me and take away the pain
you give me comfort with your presence
Lift me up
show me the way
help me to try to understand
when all hope dies and faith is lost
we just need a helping hand
God help me
God help me through
this emotional convalescence
heal me and take away the pain
you give me comfort with your presence
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