"The Old Violin" lyrics

I can't recall
One time in my life
I've felt as lonely
As I do tonight

I feel like I could lay down
And get up no more
It's the damnedest feeling
I've never felt it before

Tonight, I feel
Like an old violin
Soon to be put away
And never played again

Don't ask me why I feel like this
Hell, I can't say
I only wish this feeling
Would just go away

I guess it's 'cause the truth
Is the hardest thing I ever faced
'Cause you can't change the truth
In the slightest way
I tried

So I asked myself, I said, John
Where do you go from here?
Then like a fool, I turned around
I looked in the mirror

And there I was seeing
An old violin
Soon to be put away
And never played again

So, one more time, just to be sure
I said, John
Where in the hell do you go from here?
And you know, there wasn't a nickel's worth of difference
When I looked in the mirror

'Cause there, I was seeing
An old violin
Soon to be put away
And never played again

And just like that, it hit me
Why, that old violin and I were just alike
We'd give our all to music
And soon, we'd give our life

(Precious memories)
(How they linger)