There was a time when we were not together... |
There was a time, love, when we were not together. I know that it is hard to believe. But once you whispered those sweet words in my ear and wiped my tears with your sleeve You kissed me for the first time And nothing else seemed to be real But your golden hazel eyes That sealed that dreaded deal You said you’d be back before I could forget The lifetimes that we spent And I watched you board that plane Repeating your promise to cover my secret dissent The day you returned home to me Was the day I stopped trusting love Because another was wrapped around your shoulders The pain I felt is something I cannot bear to speak of I couldn’t help but breath in doubts That everything you were had been fake I used to think that you were true But I let myself believe that you were just a mistake I hated thinking about you I hated knowing that we could have had it all And not this mess, Not this twisting brawl And that girl you replaced me with Was nothing but a face. Her laugh was a cackling, baby hyena And her brain showered pity on the human race I pretended to be happy, At least for a little while, Bet then you were smiling at her like you once did with me And that was when my emotions became completely hostile I wish that you could have seen the way That you cracked my heart like glass The way you left me stranded Like a wilting dandelion in browning grass I wish that I could have stopped myself From saying those things that ruined the best piece of you I was caught up in the deadness of my own heart And overlooked the damage that my brokenness could do I wish that you could have seen me The night that my wall of strength crashed down I crawled up in a ball wearing your old, red jacket And let my world die ‘til I forced myself to come around The pain came and went like waves Some mornings were a mere ripple under my feet Just little reminders That then quickly retreat Other times, you were a wave, A tide that took me all the way to shore And I would sink into the memories Until my soul was heavy and sore It wasn’t until a month later That I could bear to see your eyes For the thought of you made me hollow But the hope in your name brought my compromise The day that you called me, I think it was a Tuesday night, Your calm familiarity over powered my rage And I gave up my side of our hopeless fight My efforts became stronger And I let myself think of you once more It was only then that you became clear again And my unreasonable hate of you became an old bore I still remember the moment When your arms collapsed in mine After three months of not seeing my best friend I could smell a strange color of love that I still cannot quite define I’ll tell you that that girl must’ve been A bit brighter than she led on Because she saw the truth in that embrace And somehow, by morning, she was gone That day you really returned home to me Was the day I stopped trusting fate And accepted that if two people are better together They will find their way back no matter how long they must separate There was a time, love, when we were not together. And it all started with that kiss But now we are here, locked in time And eternally in BLISS |