Overjoyed
Building Castles of Love: Discovering Unrequited Longing
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Over time, I've been building
Throughout time, I've been constructing
My castle of love
My symbol of affection
Just for two, though you never
Intended for both of us, even though you were unaware
Knew you were my reason
You were the cause behind it, though you didn't know
I've gone much too far
I've invested too much effort
For you now to say
For you to deny now
That I've got to throw my castle away
That I must discard what I've built for us
Over dreams, I have picked out
In my aspirations, I've identified
A perfect come true
An ideal that became a reality
Though you never knew it was
Even though you were unaware it was about you
Of you I've been dreaming
I've been envisioning you
The sandman has come from too far away
But circumstances prevented this from happening
For you to say come back some other day
For you to postpone it to another time
And though you don't believe that they do
Despite your disbelief, dreams can indeed materialize
They do come true
Because my dreams did come true when I saw you
For did my dreams
My aspirations became reality
Come true when I looked at you
When I encountered you
And maybe too, if you would believe
And perhaps, if you had faith
You too might be
You too could experience
Overjoyed, over love, over me
The overwhelming joy of love involving me
Over heart, I have painfully
I've thoroughly explored emotionally
Turned every stone
I've made every effort
Just to find, I had found what
Only to realize that what I sought
I've searched to discover
I thought I'd discovered
I've come much too far for me now to find
I've progressed too much to now realize
The love that I sought can never be mine
The love I wanted can never be mine
And though you don't believe that they do
Despite your disbelief, dreams can come true
They do come true
Because mine did when I saw you
For did my dreams
My aspirations became reality
Come true when I looked at you
When I encountered you
And maybe too, if you would believe
And maybe, if you believed
You too might be
You too could experience
Overjoyed, over love, over me
The overwhelming joy of love involving me
And though the odds say improbable
Even though chances seem unlikely
What do they know
What does probability understand about love?
For in romance
Because in love
All true love needs is a chance
All it needs is an opportunity
And maybe with a chance you will find
And maybe with an opportunity, you'll discover
You too like I
You, like me,
Overjoyed, over love, over you,
Could experience overwhelming joy and love
Over you
Directed at you
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