Not the sea, nor the fair,
No, not the missed stair;
Not the fun, nor the sun,
Not even her messed up hair;
Not the talk, nor the shout,
It isn't the whisper in the air;
When it's none of that you yearn,
Oh heart, why despair?
Songs, that were never sung,
Dance unseen, tunes not hummed,
The castles in the sand,
Never built at the beach,
Rose bushes in the backyard,
Bare thorns beseech,
Oh what joy, atta boy,
Tell me, is emptiness your toy?
No, not the missed stair;
Not the fun, nor the sun,
Not even her messed up hair;
Not the talk, nor the shout,
It isn't the whisper in the air;
When it's none of that you yearn,
Oh heart, why despair?
Dance unseen, tunes not hummed,
The castles in the sand,
Never built at the beach,
Rose bushes in the backyard,
Bare thorns beseech,
Oh what joy, atta boy,
Tell me, is emptiness your toy?