Early Warnings and Long Regrets

Stone walls and muted cries
Never tell you how and why
To this day I still try
As I stand terrified

Open wounds and closed mouths
Promise only pain and doubt
Yet the tale is told somehow
In the scars of here and now

Crossed hearts and crossed swords
Cannot defend a loss for words
You can only count what you've learned
And feed the pretensions to the birds

Early warnings and long regrets
Is it true the future's set?
All the thoughts it begets
Face illusion the true upset