Ophelia

For many winters I have lain Unclaimed and ignored And then you came, you carried me To the one that you adored But who are you? We don’t quite fit My love is far away And you don’t have my blessing To grace your wedding day No, you don’t have my blessing To grace your wedding day Will someone look inside me And see what’s written there? You’ll find the name of someone else A maiden once so fair I’ve lived a life before you I’ve held a single hand Betrothed to my beloved United by this band The circle still unbroken Although we’re torn apart I long to reunite us To give my whole, my heart To give my whole, my heart Will someone look inside me And see what’s written there? You’ll find the name of someone else A maiden, who knows where? And will someone take me there? You walked right through the churchyard You took your byway home You stopped and turned and saw a name Worn almost from the stone You knew that name, it rung a bell It read Ophelia King You’d seen it line the inside of That long-forgotten ring That long-forgotten ring And something overcame you We call it destiny You laid me here upon that stone for eternity Ophelia, Ophelia, lying here with me You laid me here, upon her grave, for eternity