Songtexte Only Ever I - Alex Edwards

from my manor
I saw kind hearts, naïve
oh what I've seen
but then in a flash I was bound with a cause of my own
crying at my door
oh, better unborn to lord or serf
when we're all for ourselves
so I
I gave him away
though spare the child some blame
for his low caste... he didn't do a thing
while in my life was only ever I
and meeting my match
I was sure it would last until
to watch her leave
and then in a flash saw oft my own sword in a stone
hands slip the hilt
oh, in a drunken fall I feel the frost upon the lawn
yeah I
I gave her away
please spare for me some blame
opportunities passed and I didn't do a thing
see in my life was only ever I
and when the king came for his men
put the hamlet in the name
the mother of my child
the shame I leave behind
in war I dream
the man I've been
and I
I give him away to spare the girl the blame
and spare it fast... she didn't do a thing
enough is enough
it was only ever I, oh
and to my manor my thoughts go on
go fast until gone still