Matter of Time

Always never seems to last.
We just end up here again.
I can help you if I want to.

We're just waiting for our meds,
Burning daylight till we sleep,
You mean nothing to me in the dark.

It's a good time until we close our eyes and fall.
It's a good dream until the dawning of the day.
It's a good life, but you know I can't stay.

It's a sea that we can never cross,
A word floats into the air and is burned away.
It's just a matter of time,
You've been running with the wind,
And now there are bars across the doorways to your soul.

And this might take a lot of our time to get through,
So don't fight against me.
This might take a lot of our patience and strength,
But you have the strength,
And you tear between those bars and you're free in the wind.

The sun is calling your name,
It's the time to be out in the world,
And you sing with your hands
and your eyes fall away.

Down here, waiting in the dark.
A world that's built from blood and shame.
And your breath falls across it.

Turn my face towards the sun.
There's a light in the gloom,
And all I see in it is your face.