MARCELLA
Words and Music, Roger Coghill
There in the darkness of my room
She seemed to lie there in the gloom
Come close I said, and lie with me
But she was silent in my troubled reverie.
Her skin seemed soft in my embrace.
I heard her breathe, I kissed her face.
She said, my dream from long ago:
No, please don’t touch me now. Just let me go.
Chorus:
I know I’ll never ever fall
In love the way we were
There is no simple remedy:
She took my heart with her.
She stole my all too trusting soul
And tore my world apart
How can I ever fall
In love without a heart?
I saw her through the window of the train
I knew that we would never meet again.
The years have passed, but I was wrong it seems,
Each night Marcella haunts me in my darkest dreams.
Marcella, give me back my stolen heart
I need to breathe again, and love apart.
If I can graft it back inside my chest
I shall be free, and leave your wand’ring ghost to rest.
Chorus:
I know I’ll never ever fall
In love the way we were
There is no simple remedy:
She took my heart with her.
She stole my all too trusting soul
And tore my world apart
How can I ever fall
In love without a heart?