stars die like matches
so why do you seem to live forever

there's an ocean under my skin.
if i plug my ears i can hear
the crashing waves
in counterpoint to the beat beat beating
of my heart,
if i close my eyes
will i drown?
will i be pulled under by the tides of my mind?
will my lungs fill with tears like seawater?
sinking isn't hard when it's the only thing i've ever done.

i reached for you, a safety line
you turned around, left me behind

i don't remember how we used to be
its bled from memories to daydreams.
all thats left of me and you
is the dust of a single year.
i've always been your shadow but
birds fly too high to see whats beneath
     (whats a shade without its maker?)
are there strangers in your smile
or was i just too blind to see before?
recollection is a fickle thing,
you must have been a fantasy.
flesh and blood looks so different before the eyes.
give up the ghost
you're not the one i left behind,
we're lovers turned strangers by the tide of time.

write gospel in radio waves
find salvation in city smog
coax angels out of brick and dust
asphalt streets and concrete husks