You Walked Right in to That Cliche

Boozy red sunset
Glowing like rocket fuel
On a downward trajectory
The world starts to start to look cruel
Night came down like a coffin lid
After you walked away
You said there's nothing romantic in
Being washed up at 38
There's anger at the point of origin
The fetus coils his fist
The apple must have smelled sweet enough
That Eve could not resist
The father's sin becomes the son's
The serpent eats its tail
There is no true beginning
No right way to live, in the end, they all fail, oh
Were you holding on so tight you broke
The thing you were protecting?
Could you not see
What it was you were becoming?
Like that recurring dream
W here you fall until you wake
Wou walked right in
To that cliche
The sun came up like a piece of toast
In a hurry again
Calendar pages fall like leaves
Or tears for what might have been
You said it doesn't matter to you
If dreams come true or fade
Standing at the edge of the void it's the image of the
Ones you love that remains
Standing at the edge of the ocean now
Little fish swim past
The water's finally clear enough
Here I see myself at last
On another Christmas day
In another highway van
Letting go another piece of myself
Holding on to my lover's hand, oh
Have you been running so long
You forgot what you were running from?
Don't you know all that matters now I
Is what you do with what's left to come?
Every sunset is a closing scene
And as you get on that plane
Just remember wherever it leads
I'll love you always