O Music! sphere-descended maid! Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom’s aid!
Why, goddess, why, to us denied, Layest thou thy ancient lyre aside?
As in that loved Athenian bower you learned an all-commanding power,
Thy mimic soul, O nymph endeared, can well recall what then it heard.
Where is thy native simple heart, Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art?
William Collins
The Passions: An Ode For Music (1746)
To think I used to know you in your younger days
Makes me wonder what I left behind
I don’t give much thought to all my former ways
But the road you took is always on my mind
I remember thinking how I knew you well
And how we thought we’d never need to grow
Now something’s missing in your eyes and it’s not hard to tell
And seeing this it makes me want to know
What happened to the feeling part?
Don’t forget the feeling part
It’s a lonely side you’re on, now your heart is almost gone
What happened to the melody you used to love to sing to me?
I’ll be praying to the end I hope you find that feeling part again
I’m trying to show you someone you can lean upon
I’m trying to read the writing on the wall
You’ve lost the part of life that helps you get along
But He can help you win before you lose it all
©Copyright 1983 Mountain Park Music
(BMID/Dayspring Music, a division of Word, Inc. (BMI)
Used by Permission All Rights Reserved.
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