(derek disck/steve rothery/ pete trewavas/ micheal pointer/mark kelly)



So here i am once more

In the playground of the broken hearts

One more experience, one more entry in a diary, self-penned

Yet another emotional suicide

Overdosed on sentiment and pride

Too late to say i love you

Too late to restage the play

Abandoning the relics in my playground of yesterday



I'm losing on the swings

I'm losing on the roundabouts

I'm losing on the swings

I'm losing on the roundabouts

Too much, too soon, too far to go, too late to play

The game is over, the game is over



So here i am once more

In the playground of the broken hearts

I'm losing on the swings

I'm losing on the roundabouts

The game is over



Yet another emotional suicide

Overdosed on sentiment and pride

I'm losing on the swings

I'm losing on the roundabouts, roundabouts, the game is over



Too late to say i love you

Too late to restage the play

The game is over



I act the role in classic style

Of a martyr carved with twisted smile

To bleed the lyric for this song

To write the rites to right my wrongs

An epitaph to a broken dream

To exercise this silent scream

A scream that's born from sorrow



I never did write that lovesong

The words just never seemed to flow

Now sad in reflection did i gaze through perfection

And examine the shadows on the other side of morning

And examine the shadows on the other side of morning

Promised wedding now a wake

Promised wedding now a wake, awake



The fool escaped from paradise

Will look over his shoulder and cry

Sit and chew on daffodils and struggle to answer "why?"

As you grow up and leave the playground

Where you kissed your prince and found your frog

Remember the jester that showed you tears, the script for tears



So i'll hold our peace forever when you wear your bridal gown

In the silence of my shame the mute that sang the sirens' song

Has gone solo in the game

I've gone solo in the game, but the game is over



Can you still say you love me

Can you still say you love me

Can you still say that you love me

Do you love me

Do you love me

Do you love me

Do you love me, the jester's tear



Can you still say you love me

Can you still say you love me

Can you still say that you love me?



The jester's tear, the jester's tear

Do you love me


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