I Remember Mornings

[MADAM MOURNINGTON]
I remember mornings
I remember stars
I remember sunlight
And moonlight and firelight and sky
I remember all these things, but why?

This is no place for memories
This is no place for tears
These long-forgotten memories
Must become forgotten years
Here no one has a past
Forget your memories fast
They'll haunt us if we let them last
But why do I remember mornings?
In mourning still am I

This is no place for pity
They're mad—this is the cost
Yet every girl reminds me of the child
The child I've lost
I'll look the other way
Endure another day
Embrace the part that I must play
But why do I remember mornings?
In mourning still am I

And so I'll leave them as I found them
My soul has turned to stone
But these cages that surround them
Just as well may be my own

Was I always gray?
Was I always cold?
When did I become so old?
Was I ever kind?
Did I ever laugh?
Did I ever love?
Did I ever live?

But I remember laughter
And joy before she fell
This life that followed after is no life
I live in hell
God save me from my past
Let darkness follow fast
I've let her go and said my last goodbyes

But I remember mornings
Now I'm in mourning till I die