The Book of My Life

I sit by the fire and ponder my life
But flickering pages trouble my sight

They read like a puzzle, a wandering maze
I won't understand until the end of my days

There are promises broken and promises kept
Angry words spoken when I should have wept

There's a chapter of secrets, a chapter on loss
And a chapter on love where the ink never dries

There's a chapter on fathers, a chapter on sons
And pages of conflicts that nobody won

The pages are numbered, but I can't see where they lead
For the end is a mystery no-one can read

...

But the daylight returns
The pages burn

...

And all that's left is You

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Adapted from the lyrics from Sting's "The Book of My Life."