SSGT Sky
do you remember
sitting so close together
letting our skin brush the others
but never allowing our eyes to meet?

and I was just 14
but I knew exactly who you were to me
and you were almost 18
almost a marine

The callow acts of our youth
can cut deep
my heart always ruled the roost
governed by altruistic spontaneity
and with every blind leap
you were there, looking after me

SSGT Sky
do you remember the week I turned 18
you returned from overseas
remember the bed we made on the beach
your hands shook as they traveled the length of me

and we were just kids
though your innocence was stripped
I knew exactly who I was to you,
and I tried to replenish all of it

But the callow acts of youth
they cut deep

SSGT Sky
do you remember forgetting that we belonged together?
and how I thought I was jaded by those who came after?
until the night before you left
you showed me the pillow that you'd kept
and with my hair tie on your wrist
you kissed me like you'd never loved another

I was a lost 23
until I remembered exactly who you were to me
you were almost 27
a special ops marine

the callow acts of our youth
remedied
my heart always ruled the roost
governed by altruistic spontaneity
and with every blind leap
you were there looking after me

SSGT Sky
our fallen marine
did you still wear my hair tie on your wrist
when you remembered your last memory?
and of your last thoughts
did you take comfort in any of me?

The callow acts of our youth
can cut deep
my heart always ruled the roost
governed by altruistic spontaneity
and with every blind leap
you will remain
looking after me.