Love in Vain

Licking my wounds like a wounded bear
Found out way too late she didn't care
Is there a lesson somewhere in there?
Knowing there's little sympathy anyone can share,

I know I exist on a sphere of the insane
Seems there are people who are magnets for pain
Yet, I can see out over this confusing plain
How many times must we love in vain?

Seems life is an predicament to overcome
Perhaps even a bitter lesson for some
Darling if you have a heart then please come
I wonder, are we just animals instinctive and dumb?

All of us walking wounded with broken hearts
We'll not be pitied only set apart
From the arrogant self worshippers so smart
Too bad there were things we should have known from the start,

And so I commission you HMS Titanic
For taking on so much water without a panic
Much like the lives we squandered and picked
All those who draw attention because they seem so slick,

The way I now live was not my choice
I can't blame it all on some woman named Joyce
When I look back my eyes still get moist
Forcing myself to look forward with a steady voice,

Come to me now oh saving grace
I've shed the burden of leather and lace
But still I'm a man and I have to ignore the chase
Still I wonder how can I find my place?