I'll take any madness this world has to give, sometimes I act the wise man and I sometimes play the clown And I stand up and fight when I feel I'm in the right and I don't let anything or anybody put me down. But I have a weakness and that's when someone hurts you and I can't find the way to say I care. When you crawl into your shell and I can't find the way to reach you... It's the one thing that's too much for me to bear. CHORUS: And so for you - oh I sigh.....! Oh I die a little more every time you leave me... In love - so am I. Oh I try a little more to be strong believe me - for you.... How can I tell you - could I write it in a letter?... put the words to music? Would you hear me if I do? 'Cos sometimes when you hold me and your body drives me crazy I still can feel the secrets that are locked inside of you.... And your pride and your pain they are like a wall between us.... and I can't break it down - so it's breaking me! You know I would do anything just to see you through these bad times... and it's hard when Love must look on helplessly. CHORUS: And so for you - oh I sigh.....! Oh I die a little more every time you leave me... In love - so am I. Oh I try a little more to be strong believe me - for you.... Like a child - awake in the night I lie here crying - I can't find the light And all that I hear is the sound of my own heart I'm afraid of shadows that might keep us apart... Sometimes I think that I might as well just go but though you cannot say it, your eyes ask me to stay. Oh there's no need to worry - tell the truth and shame the devil! - you're such a part of me now I couldn't leave you anyway. But sometimes it's like a bad dream with my footsteps going nowhere no matter how I try to run away... and no matter what direction... it seems I always wind up in your arms, making love and promising I'll stay. CHORUS: And so for you - oh I sigh.....! Oh I die a little more every time you leave me... In love - so am I. Oh I try a little more to be strong believe me - for you.... Oh I sigh..... Oh I die a little more every time you leave me... for you.... I die.... For You. Lyrics & Music: © Rosie Hardman 1985 Note from Rosie: Some people might be quite surprised by the illustration I have chosen for this song as it is seen by many to be a pretty, gentle love song. In fact I intended it to be a passionate cri de coeur from someone trapped inside a nightmare situation, born of inability to communicate and fear of separation. Panda Gielen's picture sums up exactly how I felt when I wrote the song. |