"Life Was"

They escape Earth and left the two of us behind
Unfortunately it wasn’t enough room for our hearts in Heaven
Being that our fear has limits, we’re too afraid to walk through Hell
We’re intelligent
But on this new Earth our intelligence only makes us the most fortunate of the unfortunates
Surprisingly we aren’t lost, we know exactly where we are
We are stranded in the middle of nowhere on a planet that has now become unfamiliar to our memories
The only thing I have grown to familiarize myself with is you
And it’s funny because my box of memories was vandalized
My pains and hatred tilted my box while it was open
They held it from the rooftops of mountains and watched each memory dance in the wind as it vanished forever
But your kiss reminds me of the midst in the air before the downpour of a rainstorm
The way the sky stands still in silence and waits is exactly what my heart does seconds before your lips touch mine
Your eyes are the only thing that reminds me of what life was when it was in the presence of innocence
You’re…. everything ….. my world once was
And I need you to remind me of the person I still am
It’s just you and I
Because the rest escape Earth leaving us behind
It wasn’t enough room in Heaven for hearts the size of ours
And we’re too afraid to walk through Hell
So I need you next to me tonight
If not to make love
Then to act as my artificial Paradise.

-Cash