Benediction

Benediction

Stories like mine do not get told
Boys like me do not grow old
Pain like mine is never seen
In novel, song or silver screen
Amen
Say it again
Amen

Chains like mine must go unbroken
Words like mine must go unspoken
No heart like mine should e'er be filled
Blood like mine is justly spilled
Amen
Say it again
Amen

Songs like mine shall not be sung
Work like mine is best undone
Wounds like mine must grow infected
Just punishment for those affected
Amen
Say it again
Amen

Eyes like mine must be unshut
Strings like mine must be uncut
Love like mine must go unsated
Truth like mine must go unstated
Amen
Say it again
Amen

Raining In Berlin

Is it raining in Berlin?
Darling, do you still remember
Who we were that cold December
When everything would be alright
No matter what the plague or plight
Because I could hold you through the night

Is it raining in Berlin?
Like it did in days gone by
With every raindrop and earnest 'why?'
Every kiss a living end
Every passing bum a friend
Do the raindrops still descend?

Is it raining in Berlin?
Do you dance like we did before
In the days before the war
When we could change but stay the same
Never had another name
Long before the warriors came

Is it raining in Berlin?
Do the drops course down the glass
Do you sit to watch them pass
Can you still recall my eyes
Like I recall your winsome cries
When you pledged without me you would die

Is it raining in Berlin?
Do you even remember me
And everything we used to see
When we danced drunken in the storm
Love and liquor kept us warm
Before your heart from mine was torn

Is it raining in Berlin?
Do you recall our favourite song
The one we sang when nothing went wrong
A childish, simple melody
Still spells our quiet tragedy
Because you have forgotten me

All I ask of you, old love
Tell me,
Is it raining in Berlin?