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So Begins the Task lyrics
And so begins the task
I have dreaded the coming of for so long
I wait for the sun to remind
My body it needs resting
And I must learn to live without you now
I must learn to give only part some how
Camping on the edge of your city I wait
Hoping someday you might see beyond yourself
The shadows on the ceiling hard but not real
Like the bars that cage you within yourself
And I must learn to live without you now
And I must learn to live without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how
All of these cages must and shall be set aside
They will only keep us from the knowing
Actors and stages now fall before the truth
And the love shared between us remains growing
And I must learn to live without you now
As I cannot learn to give only part some how
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This is a song about a planned break-up. For some time now, the couple has planned that they will part -- and that task is upon. However, it's a very hard, sad and hard, break-up. They love each other dearly, but they're making each other so unhappy. Things just aren't working out.
"And so begins I have dreaded the coming of for so long..."
He had to decide to not be in contact with her because it's too hard. He can only give her his whole heart -- not part of it; part of her heart isn't good enough. It's all or nothing. He has no idea how he's going to be able to do that.
"I must learn to live without you now, because I cannot learn to give only part -- somehow."