If only my heart could speak   If each beat was alive with passion   And within each vein there flowed a tale   Would you cut me and study that which flowed?      Every waking hour I can't help but be afraid   Of everything that lies deep inside my heart   I want to love, I want to live, I want to see   Finish the incision, cut me deep, and read my open wound      Building a home for forever   Seventy two inches into the earth   Lay me softly into the cedar   And whisper gentle farewell words      If only my heart could speak   It would surely speak of forever   And these words would bring me comfort   Maybe some day we'll be something new