TRUE TO ME

Be true to me
I’ll be true to you
True to me
I’ll be true to you  

I was ravaged and scorned
A creature half-formed
A stranger in your company
But in this world unkind
There’s mercy for the blind
It was you who taught me to see 

Be true to me
I’ll be true to you
True to me
I’ll be true to you   

When I was sick with need
The world was dark with greed
My dreams were sown with dread
But with love sublime —
Elegant, out of time ­—
You saved me from the dead   

By poverty bound
In the city of the shunned
I slaved in mystery  
In my mind’s graveyard
The burning had begun
Till you proved true to me  

Each bond was dissolved
Every promise breached
Estranged from creation
My heart was out of reach
In self-forged chains
I struggled to be free
Confusing love with pain
Till you proved true to me   

Be true to me
I’ll be true to you
True to me
Baby I’ll be true to you