Once I Had A Lover

from Bones And Ghosts by A P Clarke

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Once I had a lover who had long brown hair down to her toes
She wrapped her hair around my head to keep the shadows out
The season came, but oh the shame, the shadows were inside
The season changed, as all seasons changed
Though she loved me so
She left me even though

Once I had a lover who would break the things she loved the most
She broke them so that she show her love by fixing them
The season came all bathed in flames I wore my bruises well
The seasons changed as all seasons changed
Though I loved her so
I left her even though

And these seasons come and go
I don’t know why

Sometimes I get so lost in the memories
Af all those seasons that go by so sweet and low
All my lovers who know me better than I know myself
Tell me it’s enough
To have loved, and to have been loved
And to let the seasons go

Once I had a lover who would always wear her lovers’ clothes
Once I had a lover who did dream she was her lover’s ghost
Once I had a lover who thought highs were lies between the lows
Once I had a lover who would sleep so close our mouths would kiss

Sometimes I get so lost in the memories
Of all those seasons that go by so sweet and low
All my lovers who know me better than I know myself
Tell me it’s enough
To have loved, and to have been loved
And to hold the seasons close
And to let the seasons go

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from Bones And Ghosts, released February 20, 2021
Written and performed by: A P Clarke
Produced by: Paul Tipler & Piers Miller at Unit 13 Studios

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