When love turns to betrayal, a mix of emotions will come rushing in. At frst, there is denial, essentially, a refusal to believe that it happened. Along with it is the desire to see tangible proof for without it, the reality remains questionable.
Tell me his name, I want to know
The way he looks at where you go
I need to see his face, I need to understand
Why you and I came to an end
Then self-pity slowly sets in the moment we realize that the one we hold dear has indeed fallen for someone else. We begin to ponder on the past when we felt that we were truly loved and how it all came to an end with a single indiscretion.
Tell me again, I want to hear
Who broke my faith in all these years
Who lays with you at night when I’m here all alone
Remembering when I was your own
From the depth of despair, we look for the things we failed to do, or the times when we should have reached out but never did. Finding only emptiness, we put the blame away from us, searching for the promise that was once made but now broken.
Tell me the words I never said
Show me the tears you never shed
Give me the touch that one you promised to be mine
Or has it vanished for all time
How do we rise up and overcome? How can we turn the pain of betrayal into a calming and guiding light when every night, as we close our eyes, only the image of the past, once beautiful and seemingly endless, would lay by our side to haunt and hurt us?
I close my eyes
And dream of you and I
And then I realize
There’s more to life than only bitterness and lies
I close my eyes
Healing begins when we embrace the pain and let go of the one who brought it to us even when doing so will only mean even greater pain. Yes, it will be slow and unbearable. At times, it can hurt too much that it’s a lot easier and more convenient to simply break down and wish for things to go back to where they were before.
I’d give away my soul
To hold you once again
And never let this promise end
Yet, would we dare take that road or could we try to see life after the darkness? When a vow is broken, is it not a call for us to start finding something greater and more meaningful? A mission or a purpose where promises will not be hard to keep.
I’ll let you go
I’ll let you fly
Why do I keep on asking why
I’ll let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow
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Lara Fabian, a Canadian-Belgian singer-songwriter, originally sang and recorded “Broken Vow” for her self-titled 1999 album. The song, whch Fabian co-wrote with Walter Atanasieff, is noted for having close resemblance to the Sergei Rachmaninoff composition Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 Adagio sostenuto.
“Broken Vow” has since been performed and recorded by several other artists. One of the well-loved versions is by Josh Groban who included the song in his album Closer released in 2002.
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