The Music Has Stopped

When I need a hug

Or comfort in other ways 

I play a song 

Over the course of time 

I've heard many 

Then I heard the music 

In your laugh

And the orchestra in your eyes 

I knew I would love to dance with you

As the world around us burned 

For a while it seemed 

I could come out of my shell

That the bridge over troubled water 

Had arrived 

But we never got that far

Because one day you were there

And the next day you weren't 

I see the ghosts of what could have been

Your face hidden behind a mask

Our friends talk of Michelangelo

While we discuss Van Gogh

I thought I'd finally be able 

To leave the darkness behind 

But of late 

The darkness has come 

The drugs don't work

The self harm is just scars 

And the music has stopped 

The Bilge Master