an attempt to tip the scales

losing what i love in a mess of details

Sunday, February 12, 2006

I Used to Love Watching My Breath Crystallize

by Surreal as Sunlight

It's a calm,
Mid-July night
And I've just turned out the light

In the moonlight I'll rest
Suddenly I can see my breath

And in the air there is death
And in the air there is death

The windows are sealed tight
And the willow branches are not swaying
I feel a drift to my right
There you are my beautiful, staying

And I thought you were gone
I've been getting on just fine so long

But now you've walked through the walls
Like it wasn't a thing at all

I built them with such strength
But to haunt me, you've come at any length

And you're singing
You’re singing my name
And you're calling
You're playing your game

So come lay here on the bed next to me
I'll pretend to hold your hand
I'll pretend I can feel your grip
And all my secrets, I'll let them slip

Come sleep in my arms tonight
So that I can wake up holding nothing
Just like every morning
And it's true, now you are nothing

But still, you haunt me, today
Please come haunt me, today.