starting line

we couldn't change

we couldn't make it

we couldn't leave it tied

it was arranged

i would be leaving

back

then we could decide

it was just the start of the weekend

i called to see

and you answered me on the drive

it could never hurt

we believed it

i still believe it

just learned the other side

but then you said something

and i said something

and we watched the pyres burn

and the things we said

just weights to carry

cages without birds

it was never hard to forgive you

hard to admit to

hard just to let it go

we were just the same

we could be so

strong and so weak

just strangers who fell in love

we broke to talk

we making love

and we could be back in the heart

scene after scene

i followed you break

from the grave to the old schoolyard

we came to harm better living

while the lights were leaving

but

i couldn't make it from the start

it was always beating

and always believing

but i couldn't change in time

but then you said something

and i said something

the words mean nothing at all

and the things we said

just weights to carry

cages without birds

it was never hard to forgive you

hard to admit to

hard just to let it go

we were just the same

we could be so

strong and so weak

just strangers who fell in love

we were just the low tide leaving

stone believing

first time breathing child

you were just the always-knowing

always-loving

always out of time

we were just the low tide leaving

stone believing

first time breathing child

you were just the always-knowing

always-loving

always out of time

we were just the low tide leaving

stone believing

first time breathing child

you were just the always-knowing

always-loving

always out of time

dreaming for the present

dreaming about what you got

know that if you had it

you couldn't let it

i couldn't let it by

dreaming for the present

dreaming about what you got

know that if you had it

i couldn't let it

i couldn't let it by