If I Can't Love Her

And in my twisted face

There's not the slightest trace

Of anything that even hints at kindness

And from my tortured shape

No comfort, no escape

I see, but deep within is utter blindness

Hopeless as my dream dies

As the time flies, love, a lost illusion

Helpless, unforgiven

Cold and driven to this sad conclusion

No beauty could move me

No goodness improve me

No power on Earth

If I can't love her

No passion could reach me

No lesson could teach me

How I could have loved her

And make her love me, too

If I can't love her, then who?

Long ago, I should have seen

All the things I could have been

Careless and unthinking, I moved onward

No pain could be deeper

No life could be cheaper

No point anymore

If I can't love her

No spirit could win me

No hope left within me

Hope I could have loved her

And that she'd set me free

But it's not to be

If I can't love her

Let the world be done with me