As It Was

There is a roadway

Muddy and foxgloved

Whenever I'd have life enough

My heart is screaming of

And in a few days

I would be there, love

Whatever here that's left of me

Is yours, just as it was

Just as it was, baby

Before the otherness came

And I knew its name

The drug, the dark, the light, the flame

The highs hit the heights of my baby

And its hold had the fight of my baby

And the lights were as bright as my baby

But your love was unmoved

Tell me if somehow

Some of it remains

How long you would wait for me?

And how long I've been away?

The shape that I'm in now

Your shape in the doorway

Make your good love known to me

Or just tell me 'bout your day

Just as it was, baby

Before the otherness came

And I knew its name

The drug, the dark, the light, the shame

The highs hit the heights of my baby

And its hold had the fight of my baby

And the lights were as bright as my baby

But your love was unmoved

And the sights were as stark as my baby

And the cold cut as sharp as my baby

And the nights were as dark as my baby

And half as beautiful too