Astrid van der Veen - Reminder

the expectations for a true smile
must be left alone
whether it's going up or going down
must be proved by showing
not a remedy
no more shall it be

a heart that's lacking its purpose
you can never love
and a heart that is not reliable
you can never trust
not a flee
no more shall it be

are you alive
are you alive
tell me how it feels cause I want to know
can you bear the light
can you bear the light
tell me how you've missed the undertow

blindly repeating the weaknesses
though I believe its strength
I would blame it all on emptiness
oh tell me how can you break a broken heart

are you alive
are you alive
tell me is life the remedy
but how can you depend
how can you depend
on anything else but the end

life is only the reminder of the place that I call home
your brain is only the reminder of the things that I have known
like the mirror only shows me what became of me
everything became a reminder of what used to be