When I woke up
The sky was on fire
A red and orange blaze
That consumed the leafless treetops
Emitting a purple hazy smoke
That turned the world around me blue and grey and pink.

When I woke up
My world was on fire
An invisible inner blaze
Feeding from the oxygen in my lungs
Clouding my mind with hazy smoke
Pictures of you in dresses that were blue and yellow and pink.

As I go to sleep
My sky is black as endless night
Stiff, ashy remains make everything look ancient
Like they are covered in a century of ash as dark as grey
Here my pictures of you are dull and out of focus
And I am far, far away from our world of blue and green and pink.