I Wish We Could've Met

Ain't seen the starlight clear as the night
That I could see your eyes in the northern sky
Our defense it breaks and our flanks are swept
Before this, I only wish we could've met.

My darling, my fever overtakes me each day
Illness growing violent, these silent halls only stay
Money I received's not enough to cure my worn head
Before this, I only wish we could've met.

The man awaits a platform above the railroad line
As the woman across the street keeps her cards in her line of sight
Sinking teeth into graveyard shifts and midnight wine
Wishing only that somewhere they could've met.

My illness was a violence born of fruitless action
Imagining you in the kitchen as I take my last ration.
The times we never kept out of love and regret,
Before this, I only wish we could've met.

My fear it thickens with each passing moment
And my eyes grow weary of this tired home
Searching only for the light your eyes would've sent
Before this, I only wish we could've met.

Staring out to nowhere from his matchstick bed.
She's off somewhere on a park bench, playing chess
Trying to forget the reasons for her loneliness
Wishing only that somewhere they could've met.

Two lovers pass through rope vines and city lights
Two graves bound, a briar and rose entwined
Cacophony of time, tick your worn second chime.
Always more when you never need the time
Searching for a stranger 'neath the warm auburn skies.

Well, I'm hoping for a better beat in my next life
The best I ever did was having you as my wife
Out beyond the clearing, our destiny is not yet set.
Until this moment, wishing only we could've met

Darling, The winters gone and I'm going with it too
The pain of surviving without you is through
Destiny is paying off the last of my debt
All through this moment, wishing only we could've met

Stepping through the crowds of a rusted out line
His sight lands knowingly on a woman from the Rhine
Eyes meet and wander away beneath those blinking signs
Wishing only that somewhere they could've met.