Time Before Mourning

As I've stared at the forest so long
It started to remind me of you
In a lonely spot, I looked over the bluff
I thought, "My God, how you would love this view"

So I reach out when I miss you
You say it's not enough
Love that's true
Oh

Single cell collapsing
You'll hold my hand, you'll hold your scarf
Right hand on your cigarette
Isn't trust like an angel's touch?

So sweet and loving
Man, you're such a pretty one
Fireworks above us
A time before mourning

A time before mourning
A time before mourning
A time before mourning

You say, "Hang on, hang on"
You're getting tired of it
I know, I know
It's just the mood of the weather
Or something, something more

And it's brain storm, brain storm
You're feeling foggy
In the night time I called
I said just love me some more
You said just love me some more

Single cell collapsing
You'll hold my hand dear you'll hold your spark
Right hand on your cigarette
Isn't trust like an angel's touch?

So sweet and loving
Man, you're such a pretty one
Fireworks above us
It's a time before mourning

A time before mourning
A time before mourning
A time before mourning

You told me once of this magnificent stained-glass window
At the top of the stairs in your parent's old house
The one from the before times
How the light would bend to the will of the glass
Letting itself be altered and shaped
Until it hit its original note, it's god given purpose

There are still times that I think of you as that window and me the light
How taken was I with every word and action
Moved, repurposed, shifted, us willingly in love
That's all I think about now
Come close, it's day break and yearn for those golden waves