Never.

Oh, she is bent on this fading belief

That the one with the words is the one with the key

Somewhere, deep down, will always remain

The soul ever stirring with passion and pain

Alive.

Here we are, shivering in the cold
Two rebels alive in this dead world

Glowing.

And here you come running

Because this is our song

And despite all this darkness

We're still glowing strong

Here's to you, adrenaline

You saved me from a fall

This training might kill us

But still He will stand tall

So let's tie ourselves to the mast

And sail across this gym

Painted hair, dirty feet

We smile at what lies within

Lost.

Walking
Normal
Wait
Frozen
Locked
Really?
Breathless
Blinded
Stinging
Lost
Then
Really.
Here.
Now.
Return.
Heartbeat
Breathing
Slow
Step
Moving
Carrying
Blinking
Soaring.

Step.

We pause before this monument
Sand has turned to stone
Allow me to glide in the slipstream of your gaze
And find myself enveloped in petals and pages

We are dust desperately clinging
To an ever-spinning cyclone of earth
Hold my hand and we'll be stronger
One day we'll soar into the stars.

Blank.

The wind slams against the house

Causing it to creak and shudder

But I am safe within these walls,

Beneath these stars that I can touch.

Sleep well tonight, my love

A future awaits on your doorstep

Mount your spacecraft and fly away

Flip through the blank pages and fall into dream.

How.

How am I the lucky one?
I do not deserve
For you to wait around
While I hit the dirt

Bondage.

Get me out of this house
It's too quiet here
A child's play is the only sound
Find me before I disappear

Missing.

The concrete is cool on my bare feet

I travel these streets in the lamplight

My fingertips leave trails in the pierced sky

I am lying here, chasing across the distance

And in dreams we collide

Miracle Mile.

Well, I'll be all right
If I can just see you

(Come up for air)
(Come up for air)

Oh miracle mile . . .
Where does it lead to?


- From Miracle Mile by Cold War Kids

Cold.

Stay with me,
Stay with me,
Stay with me -

A dandelion bursts and scatters across the wind
We walk in the pale summer twilight
Whispers of promises soothe our ears
Tomorrow
Our eyelids slide down
Yet still we are fused by strands of eternity

Speak to me and we won't feel the cold
Let's let these branches carry us away

My window is cracking.

Stay with me,
Stay with me,
Stay with me -

Here.

In the nothing

In the everything

You are there

You are there

Seeking.

Sleeping on the right side

For on the left side is a bruise;

She's not afraid of getting hurt

To learn something new.

Quest.

See, she knows now.
Maybe she only knows for a day
Or a moment
But for a day or a moment,
She knows for sure.

I love you, my dear
But for now I must leave you behind
As I roll clothes into a backpack
Pull a hat over my head
And tie my shoes

Au revoir.
She holds a hand and a map
They're headed to everywhere
With a solar battery and a handful of cash
To suck the marrow out of life

Set foot on gravel
Cross fields and streets
This world is so big and so small
Together they walk under the atmosphere
And dig deep into the soul of this earth.

Amen.

Amen, amen

Knuckles whitened, amen

Knees bruised, amen

Veins numbed, amen

Lashes soaked, amen

Soul writhing, amen

Life is a beautiful paradox -

Yet.

I am tired,

She confessed -

I'm seventeen years old

And it's much past my bedtime,

But I can't go to sleep just yet.

This sky is dark

And these stars are bright

But I can't quite reach them just yet.

What a long word -

I want to drift upwards

And pinch a spark of stardust

To bring back home to you

To me

Oh, my ever-stretching heart

Barely pushing the blood into my fingertips

To leap from the crust of this earth -