My love burns as and endless flame,

And I will love you still the same,

Stand by your side if judgment came,

But I’ll not let my heart be maimed.

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To you, I have not laid a claim.

You, therefore, cannot accept blame.

Though, pledged you are in all but name,

Your heart’s not something can be tamed.

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But still I thought the words you said

Were honest. When you kissed my head

And swore you’d love me, live or dead,

I thought you’d never share our bed.