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Story Behind the Song
A quiet ache of a song about watching someone move on while still carrying the memory of what was. It lives in the space between heartbreak and the stubborn hope that love may find its way back.
Lyrics
So long it seems now that we were a pair,
Your hand in mine we’d walk without care;
In your warm embrace, I slept every night
Your touch and your kisses made everything right.
The years they passed and you found someone new,
I’m torn every day, don’t know what to do.
You seem so content in your life without me;
I feel so confused about how that could be.
When will you be mine?
Why can’t you be mine?
When will it be, when will it be my turn?
When will you be mine?
Why can’t you be mine?
When will it be, when will it be my turn?
I’ve stayed in touch, but I just can’t bear---
To know that the love we shared now ain’t there;
I dream, oh, maybe, that one day you’ll return,
And once again relight the flame that burned.
I tell myself to leave these hopeless dreams,
You’ll never come to me again, it seems--
But still I struggle constantly with my yearning heart,
I ache because we’re now apart.
When will you be mine?
Why can’t you be mine?
When will it be, when will it be my turn?
When will you be mine?
Why can’t you be mine?
When will it be, when will it be my turn?
I ask the moon if love can lose its way,
Or if some hearts are meant to drift astray;
The stars look down but offer no sign,
No whispered hope that someday you’ll be mine.
Why can’t I just let go and let it rest
I keep on hoping he will love me best….
When will you be mine?
Why can’t you be mine?
When will it be, when will it be my turn?
When will you be mine?
Why can’t you be mine?
When will it be, when will it be my turn?