Longing

Forbidden love.

Intro: Am

(C5)I love the man - my heart a (C3)place
void and vast, black holes and space,
(C3)yet through my chambers, bursts of (C1)light
guide his dark, uncertain night -

Refrain: I love the (Am)man, I love the (Em)man. x2

Whose crafted words lay him bare
when spoken like a pleading prayer
with voice as intricate as lace:
a kiss of satin, soft embrace.

Refrain: I love the man, I love the man.

I love the man, so cold, alone,
eternal stranger doomed to roam
who haunts my nights; he gives, but keeps,
Keeps what chains him as his prison sleeps.

Refrain: I love the man, I love the man.

Bridge: (Dm)I'm (Am)long-(Em)ing.

Refrain: I love the man, I love the man.

My love can little ease his ache;
I may not of his whole partake -
red passion burns for him whose time
is bound, and who can ne'er be mine.

Refrain: I love the man.