coffins

Empty caskets fill the room
As I put in each a memory of you
With ashes to ashes and dust to dust
I bury what remained of love gone lust
And after each kiss I leave each with
It's one drop of blood to preserve this

I can't remember the last time I smiled
For each nail in the coffin, one more lie
Of when you said you'd love me for life
Sometimes people change, feelings fade
But we lived that lie day by day
So for each coffin, part of me goes
To remind me to never forget what they will show

I still remember holding you on long cold nights
Knowing I loved you, going through the fights
And every time they'd end, a kiss for you my friend
Still believing we could make it through

Oh how valiant, the wonder of our youth
Where we thought it'd always be me and you
I still remember the things you said
The day I knew our love was dead
The day I started building these coffins
Where one day you and I would lay

Haven't I suffered enough trying to let you go?
You go ahead and move on, I'll stay right here
Trying to tell you everything I want you to know
Blocking the images of us from my head
These memories are better off dead
As I struggle to complete myself again

Sealing these coffins, I wonder if I did the right thing
Even as the angels harp and the seraphims sing
It's been a long hard road to get to where we are
Apart and alone, separated by the stars
My path is unfolding and yours is at its end
I must leave you behind to make myself a friend again