Eight Letters

we became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned

expendable soldiers smiling at anything

raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eventually

we were once the answer and then you discover

you're actually just one thing after another

and what was the question and why was the lesson so deafening?

this is all that matters now

and that was all that happened anyhow

you can look back but don't stare

maybe I can love you out of there

and when I went away what I forgot to say

was all I had to say:

eight letters, three words, one meaning

and outside forces didn't make it easy

so I thought I'd go before you leave me

self-preservation was no explanation for anything

but the truth is more than we'll ever comprehend

I'm just starting to understand, my friend

all of that distance, 'cause I fell in love with the enemy

this is all that matters now

and that was all that happened anyhow

you can look back but don't stare

maybe I can love you out of there

and when I went away what I forgot to say

was all I had to say:

eight letters, three words, one meaning

and when I went away what I forgot to say

was all I had to say:

eight letters, three words, one meaning

at last, we meet on no man's land

just footprints in the sand

we meet on no man's land, at last

and when I went away what I forgot to say

was all I had to say:

eight letters, three words, one meaning

and when I went away what I forgot to say

was all I had to say:

eight letters, three words, one meaning

one meaning

just one meaning