Forever Song

We sleep together while all around us

People kill each other where they lay

They lay together till they find someone better

Tryna negotiate that slow demise

But I just can't credit that type of effort

For a piece of nothing on the edge of a knife

Slices you so thin, you dry like sheets in the wind

Hold a candle behind, through you see the light

I want the song I can sing forever

I don't care for structure, just to know it's mine

I'd hate to see this thing we've developed

Become your burden or my waste of time

My waste of time

The afternoon can bring with it shallow moods

But I'd just a harbor wall to clear your mind

I quarter the years, you drop the sails 'till we're clear

I'll look for reefs, you map the stars in the night

And history tells us of worlds we'll know nothing of

Then retrospect becomes a shackle tight

On the ankles of us, oh, in the future we trust

We cross our fingers like some kids telling lies

I want the song I can sing forever

I don't care for structure, just to know it's mine

I'd hate to see this thing we've developed

Become your burden or my waste of time

I wanna know that I know what I'm talking about

Until I do, all the walls seem white

But when I'm sure that I know what I'm talking about

I'll take your burden if you'll say, it's mine

You'll say, it's mine

If you'll say, it's mine

You'll say, it's mine