lady adelaide

gibbard, benjamin

lady adelaide shows no emotion

colder than a wave in the arctic ocean

she waited all her years for those 3 words

that never reached her ears

they just went unheard

porcelain and frail

slender shoulders

a breeze of gusty gale could knock her over

she knew a handsome man who she gave her body

but he did not take her hand

and her heart broke softly

now she's a bird with broken wing

she likes the ideas of things

more than what they are bound to bring

lady adelaide

and with her beauty in slow fade

she is so fearful the will say

that she is a bed that's been unmade

lady adelaide