My pillow still wet from your tears;
Heart lurching in panic and fear;
Alone, the eternal pair.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

You are an expert at excuse
Lamenting now fulfils no use
You 'served your time' without a care
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Let us remember early days;
excited touch and loving gaze.
I'd like us both to go back there.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Back when your heart was not a husk;

before the daylight fell to dusk;

before the seams began to tear.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Tell me when the slip-slide began.
What happened to our Master Plan?
When did our smiles sour in despair?
Love was a weight we could not bear.

As if you really need to ask:

when you did fall, when you did bask

inside a nest made from her hair.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Not that handcuff named jealousy?
From you, who was so wild, and free?
How did you conjure this affair?
Love was a weight we could not bear.

I conjured it from what I saw;

from your late key slid in the door;

from whispered phone-calls on my stair.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Why are we spitting bile like this?

What happened to our earlier bliss?

No more our hearts are light as air.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

As usual you turn and hide.
My suspicions tossed aside.
The truth, from you, is warped, and rare.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

It's always we when you're to blame:

you never let it wear your name.

So put your hand up (if you dare).

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Blame now is it? From you, that's rich!
You were the one who scratched their itch.
Now you retort that life's unfair.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

There's just no point carrying this on.
We were two, and now we are one.
Get your sad face out of my hair.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

We were one, now we are two:

I cut my toes to fit your shoe

and numbed my backside on your chair.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

It's easy for you; laugh it off!
Your style, as always, mock and bluff
You go through life without a care
Love was a weight we could not bear

Chastise me, and I cannot speak.
My thoughts and words become oblique.
Both of us feel much worse for wear.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

I think it best you cannot speak:

you've gifted me an ashen streak

and swindled me of all my flair.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

And how you, to admit defeat.
To leave the onus at my feet.
I needed help, but were you there?
Love was a weight we could not bear.

I think you never knew of me:

you merely sought to annexe me;

a Ginger to your Fred Astaire.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Yet dancing together was bliss;
smooching, entwined, sealed with a kiss.
Our laughter carried by charmed air.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

I give you that: you waltzed me well;

my heart enfeebled by your spell.

But then one day it wasn't there.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Does 'new love' always fade to grey?
Is 'true love' just something to say?
Are hearts designed to withstand tear?
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Don't give me that sympathy steal.
We all get hurt. Love's never real.
Why try and fix that past repair?
'Love' was a weight we could not bear.

Well now I'm feeling very low,
I fear we have, nowhere to go;
it's as if you are unaware.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Clever how your words tug at strings.
At every end, a twist begins.
Is this dire duel really fair?
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Words fail what I want to say.

Be happy, simply fade away

into the sun on your blind mare.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

My horse is chomping at the bit..
Life for me, now knows no limit.
The sun's warm rays afford no glare.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

At this point should I now concede
That being with you, is my need.
We grew together, learned to share.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Your concession proves the fact

you've got no iron in your back.

I'm nauseous with your despair.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Show a weakness and I am shamed?
So it's all down to playing games?
And you're the lion of the lair?
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Funny how the strength you liked

became the focus of your spite;

contempt is born from what was care.

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Let us both stand back and reflect;
no relationship is perfect.
We climbed and then fell down the stairs.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

Perfection? No! Honest? Never!
In words, not deeds, you played clever.
As an actor, you have the flair.
Love was a weight we could not bear.

You can wreck but you can't build;

drink from a cup you never filled;

bespoil with no thought for repair;

Love was a weight we could not bear.

Good luck with yourself my dear:

you need an awful lot, I fear.

Remember when, remember where,

love was a weight we could not bear.

Be gone with patronising ills.
Memories of you give me chills.
I now escape from your barbed snare.
Love was a weight we could not bear.