these trembling hands had lightning
under their skin
blue veins of bubbling blood left stains
that haven't faded since
i left you on that day
like birds we flew away

if i just exist for the next ten minutes
that will be fine
then i'll return to an empty room
once again resigned
to rest my weary head
and hope i will see you again

i wrote you a letter i can recite it from memory
i accomplished what i tried
to tell you everything but now theres nothing
left for me inside
it said ive sent you all of my clothes in a box
and i will come one day
when we fall in time to reclaim whats mine
you can wear them while i'm away
and when it gets terribly cold
would you wear my sweater with all of the holes?

i know how it feels, and it haunts me
and it must feel the same
as when our bench stays after we've walked away
and leave it there to age
but if it splinters all its skin
by the time we talk again
we may not know just which one ours is
and ill never see you again
i fear ill never see you again
i fear ill never see you again