Romeo and Juliet is as much a tragedy as a love story. Shakespeare is quoted in the last lines.
Thieves don’t try to rob empty houses and evil can’t stand matches made in Heaven.
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” From a Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare fits also.
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I really enjoyed this one. The central idea of love letters that never arrived is both heartbreaking and relatable, and you built an entire tragic story around that simple premise. The image of the empty envelopes at the beginning immediately pulled me into the song and made me want to know what happened.
June 20, 2026
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Your comments are proof taking a chance on this was worth it. Thanks all!
June 21, 2026
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Empty envelopes on the
ground
Addressed and stamped
Never postmarked were found
You said you sent me something
But nothing is what came
No response is what you got
To a message sent so plain
If Romeo and Juliet
Were here with us today
I’m sure we’d share their names
A most tragic love story
A potent play of perfect love, stolen away
You wrote me love letters
Love letters
You sent me love letters
Love letters
Your heart to me in ink
Your love letters, love letters
That never got to me
Thieves and liars, the jealous
Hate the beautiful things
Assumptions and rumors
Interference blocked our way
You had it planned
To meet me in the night
To take me away
Thinking things were fine
But I thought you didn’t care
I never saw the signs
No reply was a message
A loud message of denial
You were everything to me
Losing you, I’d rather die
I tried poisons of all kinds
When you arrived and found me
Self destructing in your eyes
Confusion on all sides
Never knowing
You wrote me love letters
I would never try to hurt you
[I swear I never lied]
[Every word I said I meant]
[I loved you so]
What you saw cut you to the core
So much fury, intense pain to you
Shame and devastation on me
Once I learned the truth
You came for me
I never knew
You wrote me love letters
Love letters
You thought you sent
Love letters
Your heart to me in ink
Your love letters, love letters
That never got to me
For never was a story of more woe,
Than this of Juliet and her
Romeo.
[Oh, I miss you so!]
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I really enjoyed this one. The central idea of love letters that never arrived is both heartbreaking and relatable, and you built an entire tragic story around that simple premise. The image of the empty envelopes at the beginning immediately pulled me into the song and made me want to know what happened.
June 20, 2026
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Your comments are proof taking a chance on this was worth it. Thanks all!
June 21, 2026
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Shane Trepeaux
Very cool! Makes me think of Amanda Shires
June 20, 2026
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