Vein-Chaser

Sometimes you just gotta try to breathe, you said,
in and out, up and down, believe, you said,
your eyes will burn the world will turn, there’s always something new to learn,
and I'll love you till the edge of the world, you said,

Even stars that shine are going to die, you smiled,
and a heart that beats its fire never lies,
All dragons someday lose to knights in armor, you smiled,
but before that hero, many widows cry.

A blade against my skin is the answer, you cried,
the key to something sweeter better kinder,
that tear fell down your cheek and I knew, right then,
Vein-chaser I will chase you to the end.

A child with black eyes is what I was, you laughed,
with nothing more than broken childish dreams,
but an ocean can smooth out the roughest stones, you said,
and love can resurrect a pile of bones.

If this is who we are then what are they, you asked,
the ones who choose the way we’re going to be?
I think we ought to know to choose ourselves, you sighed,
this reflection isn’t what I want to see.

As soon as we are born we start to die, you said,
And growing old might well be going home,
Is dying just the end or are we living for that end?
Whichever, I don’t want to go alone.

Sometimes you just gotta try to breathe, you said,
in and out, up and down, believe, you said,
your eyes will burn the world will turn, there’s always something new to learn,
and I'll love you till the edge of the world, you said.