'cause in this city's barren cold

i still remember the first fall of snow

and how it glistened as it fell

i remember it all too well

we gather stones, never knowing what they'll mean

some to throw, some to make a diamond ring

you know i didn't want to have to haunt you

but what a ghostly scene

you wear the same jewels that i gave you

like a comet pulled from orbit as it passed a sun

like a ship blown from its mooring, by a wind off the sea

it’s from an aleut word

“alyeska” it means “that which the sea breaks against”

and i love that

GOD LOVES YOU… but not enough to save you

was she ever found?

i don’t know why i bite…

it's impossible to acclimate

every time we talk, we understate

how i know we both could die, we both could die

but you told me that you felt the same

when i told you how i needed space

dances until dawn and walks from the ghosts, into the light.

i've been the archer… i've been the prey

a greater woman has faith

but even statues crumble if they're made to wait

i'm so afraid i sealed my fate

no sign of soulmates

your tears a sea for me to swim

and i hear a storm is comin' in

my dear, is it all we've ever been?