I have been given up for dead
So many times
It has the ring of truth!
Been tossed away and been cast down
As if that weren’t enough
I fell in love with you
And I projected everything I’ve ever loved
Onto the merest mortal of a man
Hear in the realm of pain
Where Poet in King
The King’s alive and well and reigning
Death don’t come easy to the willing

“That’s all there is” I heard her say
Looking inside my little box of rules
Never give up has been misplaced
Or gotten stolen along with the jewels
The blue one in a ring of gold beset with pearls
Was right there beside my heart worn at the sleeve
Hear in the realm of pain
Where Poet in King
The King’s alive and well and reigning
Death don’t come easy to the willing