She's fragile and slender and fading fast
So in a voice so tender she asks
If I could lend her a helping hand
A hand that would end her strive
Love is only for poets and dreams are for fools
And on all beauty you'll find, time's always cruel
If you see what I see then say after me
I'll fight my fright, I'll do as you ask tonight
Ever since my heart chose to choose her
I've known I would lose her but I will excuse her
I could never refuse her anything
'Cause I'm not a poet, no, I'm just a fool
But the beauty she speaks of
Keeps her as the exception to the rule
But I see what I see, so I know what it'll be
I'll fight my fright and I'll do as she's asked me to do tonight
And all will be forgiven, it's from love that I've been driven
And time will skip a moment when it's perfect
And I'll kiss her lips as she slips away
You said you'd die for me, you said you'd die for me
So why can't you live for me, why won't you live for me?