Title: Hope Flies Away

I wrote "Hope Flies Away" on a 12-string Epiphone about 25 years ago and finally recorded it three months ago. There's not much of a story behind the song: It's just the angst, conflict, and desire of young love.

I used Real Band to generate all the tracks:
RT1680 Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Fingerpicking
RT522 Guitar, Acoustic, Fingerpicking
RT539 Bass, Electric, Pop
BB RealDrums-NashPopBallad

Mixing was done on Mixcraft
Effects: Vocal - Acoutica Pro Studio Reverb, LaPetite Exciter
Mastering: Broadcast Multiband Compressor, Ferox Tape Emulator, iZotope Mastering Essentials, Classic Master Limiter

https://soundcloud.com/scott-schwarz-740132899/hope-flies-away

Lyrics

A smile that haunts me,
Eyes that want me
Hiding behind your curtain.
Enchanting Lady,
Inamorata savior,
Heal this silent hurting.

Every morning before I wake
I pray for you my heart to take.
Where were you when I reached for you?
Where are you now that I adore you?

Do you still see me
When you close your eyes at night?
Do you still touch me
In your dreams?

A prisoner of my own desires,
You set the walls of this cage on fire.
Passion burns in every room
You are salvation and my doom

Do you still see me
When you close your eyes at night?
Do you still touch me
In your dreams?

Will I ever see you in the morning my friend?
I thought that this would never end
Hope flies away from me like an olive-branched dove
When will you give me your love
‘Cause I’m waiting for you to take me away
Oh God, I just can’t take another day
Waiting for you to take me away