Wishing Well

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This started so innocently

Promises made through

What could have been

If I could take it all away

I would keep you and me

I would move us around

Like pieces on a board

To where we should be.

(Chorus)

Now I feel discarded

Like no one

Ever thinks to thank

The wishing well

Only well wishers

Kissing pennies

That no one ever misses.

This time is not belated

If I just made it

I couldn’t make it special

So I made it something 

To remember me in a big way

On your big day.

Tears in your eyes

Are memories you will keep from drying out

I didn’t intend to make you weep

You’ll never hear so I'll just shout

It’s so hard to speak when your right here

And at a distance that isn't near.

(Chorus)

Now I feel discarded

Like no one

Ever thinks to thank

The wishing well

Only well wishers

Kissing pennies

That no one ever misses.

If I could catch a break

Would it stop the heartache

If this was all mine

Would you take it away?

Now I’m burnt

From holding my own flame

Beaten for lighting yours

Spending all your ill informed mind

Settling a broken scoreboard.

(Chorus)

Now I feel discarded

Like no one

Ever thinks to thank

The wishing well

Only well wishers

Kissing pennies

That no one ever misses.

I always keep my heart

In the same place

Stuck on the memory

Of the most beautiful face

This trivial disappointment

Is tossed away

In talented ripples that

Wash away tides of

Copper coins.

(Chorus)

Now I feel discarded

Like no one

Ever thinks to thank

The wishing well

Only well wishers

Kissing pennies

That no one ever misses.

(Bridge)

And every penny is your name

I say over my shoulder

Walking away

Waking everyday

Making wishes

Caught my heart in a trap

Lost the memory

My beautiful place.

I’m in a waterfall

Where nothing stays

Dreaming of beauty's face,

Wishing wells keep wishing away.

(Chorus)

Now I feel discarded

Like no one

Ever thinks to thank

The wishing well

Only well wishers

Kissing pennies

That no one ever misses.

No one ever thinks

To thank the wishing well

Only well wishers

Kissing pennies

That no one ever misses.

December 14th 2020

By: Adam John Hopkins