Affliction

Heartbreak is my only friend

I met it for the first time when I was five,
when I witnessed my mother's own right in front of my eyes

As she cried and broke and lost every meaning,
shattering me to the mind, the soul,
to my very being

It said hi to me when my grandfather died,
Not a friend yet, and I asked it to hide

But too long it seemed, that I didn't want it to see me,
Because when it came out of hiding, the sight of it almost killed me

I was seventeen and I had my first love,
I didn't know what love was because my parents never had love

And so I thought that if I didn't know love I shouldn't know it either,
But I recognised it instantly like webs do their spiders

It tried to acquaint itself to me for two whole long years,
And I rejected it with all my powers, there's no way I'd call it a friend dear

Then I thought I would never love again but then he came to me,
Quiet as snow and pure as my feelings he snatched it from me

So it left and I laughed because oh what happiness it can be,
To be with a person who can restore my faith in me

But I should have known that faith is as fragile as plate,
Because when I realised it was too little too late

Because healing is only an illusion once your heart has been broken,
To me it happened when I was five, when my childhood was stolen

So the glue was broken again and I realised it in the end,
The one who has always been with me, through to the very end

Ironic that it never left me, when all my love had went,
And it will still be right next to me, today, tomorrow, again and again

For its loyalty I stand, and I should tell you its name,
It's name is Heartbreak,
And heartbreak is my only friend.