you didn't know it at the time but i had an engine sputtering within me and i had a pulse you could have called it something else but i had a hope muttering within me and it wasn't false he had an orchestra inside of him quelling the messiah, cutting through the quiet splitting through the fog he cast a villain on the timpani drowning out the hero sounding an alarm bell and it wasn't false two lines in the void running similar directions can go on forever without making Xs it's more geometric than it ever was tragic boxed up like a present from onset to ending it seemed like such good planning at the time...

On a cold beach The clouds block the sunlight We share a final meal on paper plates No one around No lifeguard to save us We rose up with the tide But fall awaits Lamenting past days On the last day of summer Cementing pathways On the last day of summer There we go Singing anthems of sunny days Keeping memories alive Breathing in waves The winds picked up and blew All our hopes and dreams Our dreams and hopes Our hopes and dreams Away it seems So many miles We ran in the darkness The effort on your face concealed from me Stepping in time As heartbeat by heartbeat The blood that lines our veins Returns to the sea Lamenting past days On the last day of summer Cementing pathways On the last day of summer Now we know Singing anthems of sunny days Keeping memories alive Though the sand still lingers between our toes The hourglass empties And the moment dies Refer to me in present tense If we must die tonight Don’t keep me in suspense Line the future with electric fence Confess by neon light Half-hearted penitence Hollow pretense Lamenting past days On the last day of summer Cementing pathways On the last day of summer Time to go Singing anthems of sunny days Keeping memories alive Though the sand still lingers between our toes The hourglass empties And the moment dies