The Fight

We lost another one to the fight last night

Somewhere between the cracks in the sidewalk

Outside, the street lights, stray dogs, and cat fights

Life lost like a flickering flame in the snow

How long was it before we could have known

The candle was burned out, lost in the cold?

So violently removed in the hottest of flames

A departure where it feels like no truth remains

And no one fully living remains here

In the abyss of questions never answered

I didn't see nothing, sir, I was only looking at her

In the abyss of questions never answered

And everyone is covered in blood

Dozens of shoes, never to be worn again

Well, all her pretty dresses, you can give 'em away to all her friends

One billion seconds passed just to stop the ticking of the clock

Well, it's just another song drifting away into the earth

Trampled by opinions, statements, and self-worth

Bodies fighting, fucking, and tangled in love and pain

Well, she doesn't have to be a part of this anymore, this song and dance

It's a messy business, it's a dreadful chore

We'll just sing a song and move on like she wanted

But everyone wants to say their peace

They want to say what they need

But to me it just all feels a little self-important

Well, you knew her the best?

You weren't even her friend

And then she got drunk and slept with her boyfriend

Was it the acid they took?

Was it written in the book?

Was there a message in the cigarettes left in her back pocket?

Now the dog's outside

Howling at the moon

When will she know that we won't be coming home soon?

Ooh, soon