I'll Be There

What do I say?
What do I do?
How will I ever hope to fare?
How can I stay
So close to you
Knowing now that your place is
In another's embraces
In another man's care?

I should be gone
Far from this hell
Till not a trace of you survives
Yet I'll stay on
For I know well
Though you've left me behind you
One day troubles will find you
And when that day arrives.

I'll be there
For to me there's no sorrow
Worse to bear
Than a life lived apart
I'll be there
Come the mists on the morrow
I'll be there
By your side
And deep within your heart.

Now she's his wife
And nobody knows
How much of her she'll have to hide
But whatever life
He might propose
Will be merely pretending
To the dream never-ending
That will always be ours.

I'll be there
Though I know that it's madness
Heart laid bare
Stripped of pride, yet still proud
I'll be there
In the depths of my sadness
I'll be there
Ever steeled
Unyielding and unbowed.

Go and marry a man you don't love
If that pleases you
Throw away, for a cause
All the joys we have known
I thought love's more than faith
More than clan, more than anything
Let his kiss keep you warm
I'll be fine on my own...

Is it me I'm deceiving?
Mad or not, I'll stay true
I'll be there...

I'll be there, heaven speed me
By your side, as you need me
I'll be there for you.