i'd fallen so hard but i
picked myself up
my life far from over but
i'd had enough

and i won't let it happen again
and i won't sit and pretend

that you
aren't the whole world to me
or that you
are the first one to bleed

---

since you came to me
it's so easy to breathe
though you turn and curse me
the moment i leave

oh, let me hold you
like i used to at night
when nightmares
would wake you in fright

i'm an old man
but humor me still
remember
when life had its thrill?

---

and you
aren't a soldier or knight
you're a dragon
shortly barren from flight

you're an entity
you command all the skies
in the winter
towards the sun must you fly

but don't get too close or your
scales start to crack
and you'll realize you're burning
and you'll have to turn back

---

it gets better
life changes with ease
the ocean,
the moon, and the trees

inconstant
like the blood in your veins
in motion
like the wind through the plains

this is natural
like the galaxies unknown
vast and terrible
but god made them glow

---

don't you ever forget that
i love you to death
and you make me happy
when the sun is at rest

and the grey skies
that your smile can clear
are ephemeral
as are all these tears

and one day i promise
you will look back and laugh
at the miseries
you never thought you'd outlast