bitter smoke

Soft hair blown by the wind
Fingers torn but the smiles set in
One short moment we take
The world's everchanging besides your embrace
Wave to you, I take the long way home
Streetlight dancefloors illuminate your glow
One home, a redefined place
I am golden, no more can you take
From this bitter smoke

Now we're a botched harmony playing through my dreams
Tear off the curtain, you'll find a machine
Change comes late but nonetheless
It's alright you can't be better than your best
Snow falls as I watch it end
Leave the lights on, I wanna pretend
There's a memory of you replaying on the screen
Ticket for one, I'll be there till you tell me to leave
To this bitter smoke

And I imagine your fingers trailing down my spine
Sandy hair and those paper glass eyes
Your smile is gleaming, begging me home
When you whispered, "I'll never let go"
Spinning down the stairs, echoes in the hall
I'm reckless but I never thought I'd fall
Into crocheted kisses and sickly sweet notes
Another glimpse of a past I rewrote
I'm wrapped around your finger while you wrap up the pain
Present it to me gently next Christmas day
Running out into the night to escape the scene but
In stripes of corduroy, you're my sleepless reverie
I'm goner in this headstrong heartbreak haze
'Cause everywhere I step leaves a teardrop trace
Of your smile, your time, your life, your love
The things I won't dare speaking of
I never realized how much I'd miss those days
Until I lost the one thing that kept me into place
And it's gone
And you're gone

Rewind a time where I was free
This love has a vacancy
Just one match, a burning hope
Blow it out, we're bitter smoke