Obsession

OBSESSION

My love for her was difficult to gauge
Was it the sweet breath of innocence in a cynical age?
Or the hope to heal a hurting heart
An act that was doomed from the very start

She loaned me her love then withdrew
I felt searing pain like I never knew
I was singing the blues the saddest of tales
I drown in my tears I was the Prince of Wails

Gripped in the jaws of obsession
Each moment without her a fiery hell
I loved her with the fervor of the converted
And loathed her like believers loathe the infidel

Assaulted by thoughts of her I rave and I rant
I want to forget her but somehow I can't
The throne where reason usually lords
Was overthrown by barbarian hordes

Gripped by a beautiful obsession
Each moment without her a fiery hell
I loved her with the fervor of the converted
And loathed her like believers loathe the infidel