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Orpheo Don’t Look Back

Joe Dolce

Oct 29 2010

1 mins

Please keep your word to me Orpheo

keep your promise and your pact

I’m right behind you Orpheo

Orpheo don’t look back

I need to know you trust me Orpheo

and that I can trust you back

I’m right behind you Orpheo

Orpheo don’t look back

Hold me fast and faithfully Orpheo

love’s such a narrow track,

I’m right behind you Orpheo

Orpheo don’t look back

Imagine love forever Orpheo

a love that would never lack

I’m right behind you Orpheo

Orpheo don’t look back

When souls are filled with darkness Orpheo

and light is but a crack

I’m right behind you Orpheo

Orpheo don’t look back

When voices are dry as dust Orpheo

and throats with thirst are so wracked

I’m right behind you Orpheo

Orpheo don’t look back.

When every fibre in your body Orpheo

says there’s nothing there but black

I’m right behind you Orpheo

Orpheo don’t look back

Joe Dolce

Joe Dolce

Contributing Editor, Film

Joe Dolce

Contributing Editor, Film

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