We Cry

We cry because we’re selfish

And we want what we can’t have

When we find a friend or lover

Is never coming back

It’s not because they’ll miss out

Or their life just came up short

But rather we’ll never touch them

And never feel their warmth

 

So if I tell you do not cry for me

I know that you won’t

You’ll cry for all the memories we have

And the future that we don’t

 

We cry because we’re empty

And emotionally poor

We cry so we remember the peace

When our hearts have gone to war

We cry ‘cause we don’t want to feel

And because we feel it all

We cry so we don’t have to get up again

Every time we fall

 

So I’ll tell you do not cry for hope

‘Cause hope always finds a way

To make each teardrop beautiful

In the sorrows of today

 

We cry because we’re broken

And we can’t change a thing

When the person we’re most unlike

Is the one we need to be

We cry and we don’t know why

We just pray we’re not alone

And we count the many reasons

Why we fear we’ll never be known

 

So if I tell you do not cry for love

Because love will bear all things

Don’t let your heart break under pain

If that’s what the future brings