Madame

I receive, just as I walk in my door
Your blue letter, Madame
I read it twenty times, and my eyes can't believe it
Yet, it's written there, Madame
And I feel your pain deep inside
But I can't do anything, Madame
You know, today, losing him
Is heavy to bear, Madame

You ask for forgiveness for not understanding
What our love was, Madame
You only had that son, you were scared for him
And you kept him, Madame
Don't ask me what my life was like
When you took him from me, Madame
I've always stayed silent, it's not today
That I would tell you, Madame
You would have preferred, to find me there
That he died a hero, Madame
Yes, it would have been nobler, I believe
Than to die of love, Madame
But whether he died here or over there
Would you have shed fewer tears?
He decided, he alone had the right
You must accept it, Madame

It's too late now for me to come back to you
And you'll grow old alone, Madame
And don't hold it against me if I seem cruel
But I loved him too much, Madame
For at the end of the day, by a fireplace
We could reminisce together, Madame
About the one that, you and I, adored
And lost together, Madame

But the sorrow misleads me, you must forgive me
I hurt for your hurt, Madame
But what can I do, and what can I say, since he's gone?
I can't do anything for you, Madame
For the second time, he's going to separate us
No, I won't come, Madame
Because losing him twice is heavy to bear
You will understand me well, Madame

I receive, just as I walk in my door
Your blue letter, Madame
I read it twenty times, and my eyes can't believe it
Yet, it's written there, Madame
And I feel your pain deep inside
But I can do nothing more, Madame
You will know, like me, that losing him
Is heavy to bear, Madame