I Remember Mornings (Madam Mournington)

MADAM MOURNINGTON
I remember mornings
I remember stars
I remember sunlight
And moonlight and twilight and sky
I remember all these things, but why?

This is no place for memories
This is no place for tears
These long-forgotten memories
Must become forgotten years
Here no one has a past
Forget your memories fast
They'll haunt us if we let them last
But why do I remember mornings?
And so in mourning still am I

This is no place for pity
They're mad—this is the cost
Yet every girl reminds me
Of the child, the child I've lost
I'll look the other way
Endure another day
Embrace the part that I must play
But why do I remember mornings?
In mourning still am I

And so I'll leave them as I found them
My soul has turned to stone
But these cages that surround them
Just as well may be my own

Was I always grey?
Was I always cold?
When did I become so old?
Was I ever kind?
Did I ever laugh?
Did I ever love?
Did I ever live?

But I remember laughter
And joy before she fell
This life that followed after
Is no life... I live in hell!

God save me from my past
Let darkness follow fast
I've let her go and said my last goodbye
But I remember mornings
Now I'm in mourning 'til I die