Melancholia

Come alone
To the house by the sea
A quiet end
To summer sweet

Passing people as they laugh
Smile and talk about nothing
The weather or the weekend

September's passing through
And even you had done so too
Just a memory to hold on to

But you
You set a flame in my heart
And now that you're gone
How could I get that all back

Come alone
To the house by the sea
A quiet end
To summer bittersweet

It all happened too fast to react
You tripped only to fall into me
So confused, but we laughed anyway

Helped you stand and brushed you off
Got to walking and we talked
It was night before we knew

But you
A fire burning bright
And slowly I realize
And I wondered
Where you've been all my life

Home alone
In this house by the sea
Like a lock without a key
Missing a piece of me

But inside me
The fire couldn't die
The hurt and pain
Could now subside
And in its wake
Only missing you remains

Come alone
Oh, come back to me
Come to me, Mercie