Fading Star

You tore me down
A little more each day
Till I had nothing left
To give or say

Selfish, I've never been
Loving to all of you
But that never counted
This I always knew.

You asked for favor after favor
I never turned you away
But the one time I couldn't help you
You made me pay

I have been destroyed
Used and thrown away
Like I was never here
Like a star beginning to fade

Time consumed my body
Worn from all the years
Destined to surrender
I shed these broken tears

I'm sorry I wasn't perfect
And I can no longer be here
My soul is tired
So I pass on without fear