Vita I Followed You

I Followed You
I followed you through summer light,
Past shopfront glass in fading night,
And in those eyes, so worn and grey,
A frozen sorrow chose to stay.
Cold wind was cutting sharper still,
As time ran fast against our will,
It tore the streets, it pulled us through
The midnight streets I lost with you.
You’ll start to cry, you’ll start to break,
A heart too full for silence’ sake,
One breath remains, then slips away,
The city stops, then won’t obey.
And somewhere close you hear it call,
A voice that used to hold it all.
Chorus
It’s gone, it’s gone, what we once knew,
It’s gone, it’s gone, like morning dew.
Warm summer air, the starry sky,
The ocean’s roar we let drift by.
(guitar keeps ringing on)
Verse 2
Moonlight rests upon your skin,
A painted night we lived within,
Your kiss still tastes like fire and gold,
A moment brief we couldn’t hold.
Boulevards and empty lanes,
We walked them through both joy and pain,
Dim candle flames in hollow rooms,
Goodbye arrived in quiet tombs.
So let it burn, let embers rise,
Let every memory hypnotize.