All Our Days

In the morning, when the sleep

Is like a drug you’re coming up from

And your dreams are whispering final words

In languages you no longer speak

Will you hold me once before you go

Before we face all we’re beholden to

Love me when I look the worse for wear

With my darkness in the darkness there

We’re alone, and we’ll die alone together

After all our days are counted up and gone

In the evening when the world is old

And the sun has chased the sky to bed

We can whisper one more chapter

Into this book that never will be read

‘Til the final little page falls out

And we struggle to recover it

Trying to read what we forgot

(Desperate for one more page to whisper in)

We’re alone, and we’ll die alone together

After all our days are counted up and gone

And I know that love is just like water paints

We mix each other up ’til we can’t separate

But all my numbers count back down to you

So come dance with me across the floor

For however long we’ve got

Before the shadow in the corner

Checks his watch and motions towards the door

And we’re ushered to the exits

Like young lovers with a curfew

And I’ll hold your hand and whisper

“Whatever’s next, I’m gonna love you”

Then we’re alone, and we’ll die alone together

After all our days are counted up and gone