The smell of burning flesh was on you like a disease
We swam through the seas of heartache to a place beyond the fire
The city was empty, but the rivers were full of suicide
As I remember you turned to me and said, "They all float face
down."
I wanted to kiss you there so I could forget for just a second the despair
all around us
But you made me realize I'd rather dwell among despair
Than feel love for you ever again
Time rested her weary eyes
The swirling waters and the red sky stood still
You waded through the calm water sending pulses through my soul
Your fingertips graced the lifeless bodies as you spread your dirty wings
and lifted your head to heaven, glancing with green eyes
Tear drops mixed with hopelessness and fear drowned the only last words you
had to say
We both whatched the sky turn to blackness
And the waters around you to blood
You turned slightly to look back at my tattered figure
Just like a slowly wilting rose you stood there
I was waiting for you to give me some sort of real feeling
Something I'd never felt before
You just simply let two small words escape the wind
"Too late."
With outstreched hands you sank beneath the murky depths
That same numbness overcame me as before
I left that moment from the riverside
I whatched morning creep on as I cried for you
The sunrise evoked the remorse and longing I once had
The pain was real
I felt my hands shake from anger not only goodbyes
The city lay in ashes
The cinders fell like snow
I heard the sirens coming now
But who were they to save from this suicide city
I died that moment you took your last drowning breath
I died the moment you made me realize nothing was real anymore
You told me once you wanted to leave this dead town
I remember you used to flood the streets with your presence
I remember you used to make me feel alive
We all die alone in the end
When there's no one there to hear you cry
We all die alone in this suicide city

 
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