For Sake of the Song

Why does she sing her sad songs for me?

I'm not the one to tenderly bring her soft sympathy

I've just begun to see my way clear

And it's plain if I stop I will fall

I can lay down a tear for her pain

Just a tear and that's all

What does she want me to do?

She says that she knows that moments are rare

I suppose that it's true

Then on she goes to say I don't care

And she knows that I do

Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song

And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?

She'd like to think I was cruel

But she knows that's a lie

For I would be no more than a tool

If I allowed her to cry all over me

My sorrow is real

Even though I can't change my plans

If she could see how I feel

Then I know that she'd understand

Does she actually think I'm to blame?

Can she really believe some word of mine

Could relieve all her pain?

Can't she see that she grieves

Just because she's been blindly deceived by her pain?

Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song

And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?

Nothing's what it seems

Maybe she'll start someday to realize

If she abandons her dreams

Then all the words she can say are only lies

When will she see that to gain is only to lose?

All that she offers me are her chains

I've got to refuse

But it's only to herself that she's lied

She likes to pretend there's something

That she should defend with her pride

And I don't intend to stand here and

Be the friend from whom she must hide

Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song

And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong?

Maybe she just has to sing for the sake of the song