Requiem

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Salute.

(A lone voice sings.)

I'm forever 

Forever

Feeling hot 

Hot hot

For 

These heartbreaking memories 

Don't stop 

Stop

Stop

For

I can still remember 

Remember an incredible time 

When we loved holding hands

Like we did

On that Sunday afternoon

Lost now

Somewhere 

Forever in June

So I'm forever

Feeling hot 

Hot hot

For

These heartbreaking memories

 

Don't stop 

Stop stop

Remembering

The last night we

Dipped our toes 

In exchanging prose

Following each other's souls 

Like fleeting fireflies

Into unknown deep 

Emotional places 

Where anything goes

Until the cock crowed

It's why I'm forever

Forever 

Feeling hot 

Hot hot

For these heartbreaking memories 

Don't stop 

Stop stop

So tonight 

Tonight 

Lonely and

Separated by plight

Memories of mind and spirit 

Call to me each and every night 

Like the Sirens of Anthemusa

Before I sleep 

Especially those exceptional ones 

Of walking underneath that old Willow Tree

It's why I'm forever 

Forever

Feeling hot 

Hot hot

For these beloved memories 

Don't stop 

Stop

Of exchanging precious thoughts 

Pressed together 

Real close  

Real close 

On those long walks

By the raging blue sea

Looking like the eclipse 

Of the Sun and Moon 

As we relentlessly talked

Talked and 

Dancing mentally 

To a thousand new tunes 

It's why I'm 

Forever

Forever

Feeling hot 

Hot

Hot

For

These memories 

Don't stop 

Stop

Stop

As the Shadow People 

Watch

It's why I still miss 

You so much 

So much 

Clutching onto those beloved memories 

Like a pauper 

Of the only soul 

I once followed 

Followed

It's why I'm forever

Feeling hot 

Hot hot

For

These heartbreaking memories 

Won't stop 

Stop stop

Taking me

Into true darkness 

To emerge into light 

Led by loves sweet touch 

So

"Te desidero in aeternum

Amica mea"

Even though Death 

Only makes you more faithful 

Even though 

You're in the arms of an 

Angel

My love for you 

Never changes 

For I know 

You'll watch over me 

As I face life 

And all it's quiet 

Dangers 

So I just love

Forever

Forever

Feeling hot 

Hot

Praying

These heartbreaking memories 

Don't stop 

Stop

As I find some respite tonight

While my light and darkness fight

While 

I'm feeling 

Forever

Hot hot

Hot

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

(Latin translation :

I'll miss you forever 

My love)

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