script for a jester's tear
marillion
so here i am once more in the playground of the broken hearts
one more entry in a diary
yet another emotional suicide overdosed on sentiment and pride
too late to say i love you
too late to re-stage the play
abandoning the relics in my playground of yesterday
i'm losing on the roundabouts
i'm losing on the roundabouts
so here i am once more in the playground of the broken heart
losing on the roundabouts
yet another emotional suicide overdosed on sentiment and pride
losing on the roundabouts
too late to say i love you
too late to re-stage the play
i act the role in classic style of a martyr carved with twisted smile
to bleed the lyric for this song to write the rites to right my wrongs
an epitaph to a broken dream to exorcise this silent scream
a scream that's borne from sorrow
i never did write that love song
the words just never seemed to flow
now sad in reflection did i gaze through perfection
and examine the shadows on the other side of the morning
and examine the shadows on the other side of mourning
promised wedding now a wake
the fool escaped from paradise will look over his shoulder and cry
sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer why?
as you grow up and leave the playground
where you kissed your prince and found your frog
remember the jester that showed you tears
so i'll hold our peace forever when you wear your bridal gown
in the silence of my shame the mute that sang the sirens' song
has gone solo in the game
i've gone solo in the game
can you still say you love me