I have been given up for dead So many times It has the ring of truth! Been tossed away and been cast down As if that weren't enough I fell in love with you And I projected everything I've ever loved Onto the merest mortal of a man Hear in the realm of pain Where Poet in King The King's alive and well and reigning Death don't come easy to the willing "That's all there is" I heard her say Looking inside my little box of rules Never give up has been misplaced Or gotten stolen along with the jewels The blue one in a ring of gold beset with pearls Was right there beside my heart worn at the sleeve Hear in the realm of pain Where Poet in King The King's alive and well and reigning Death don't come easy to the willing