Once Upon A Shadow, Deep Inside A Dream

Don't Ask Me To Stay 11-17-06

Your touch burns my flesh intensely,
And I'm marred by your passionate embrace,
I feel the pain our love inflicts upon us,
And yet I long for you to come to me again.
I cling to you like I'm drowning in the sea,
I whisper words of love in your ear desperately,
Knowing she is waiting for you in the house you share,
Knowing that our love is damned and can never be.

I long for you...
Don't ask me to stay...
Don't kiss my tears away...
Forbidden...

Each night that I'm able to hold you I soar,
Heaven is near and I can touch all consuming love,
In the night I stumble into a bed of satin and caress of silk,
Feeling the depth of passion I've never before experienced.
But in morning I am tossed into the cold dawns light,
My sins naked in the glare of daybreaks revealing glow,
In morning I long to turn into your embrace and stay,
Knowing that it will be days before you hold me again.

I long for you...
Don't ask me to stay...
Don't kiss my tears away...
Forbidden...

Your kiss smothers all my fears and renews my hopes,
Your voice takes me to a place of comfort and trust,
I long to live in your love forever and rest in your arms,
She calls to find you and you slip away once more.
The bed is cold and lonely when you are in her arms,
Morning dawns dim and dismal when you are away from me,
Though I know it is only a matter of time before you return,
To me, your lover, your night bride, the shadowed enchantress of forsaken nights.

I long for you...
Don't ask me to stay...
Don't kiss my tears away...
Forbidden...

Someday, I believe that our love will exist in daylight,
And the nights will blend together in our endless passions.
Until then, I'll remain your lover of the solitary nights,
Your ruined princess in the gilded tower of a cursed castle.

Forbid me...
I long for you.

Forbid me...
Don't ask me to stay.

Forbid me...
Don't wipe my tears away.

Forbidden...