I Remember Life and Death
I remember when the moon rose above the stars,
When the sky was dark at night,
And black ink painted clouds
As they lay against the silver crystals
And moonlight rained cold down on me.
When we lay flat upon the ground,
Staring out on endless tomorrow,
Pressed frozen to the emerald planes
And wondering how many ages were left
As ruby dawn stole black water away.
You told me there were hundreds more,
That the dawn would rise here every 'morn,
And every 'morn we would rise to see
As ginger suns stole fair moons away
And we never questioned when they were red.
I remember when the sun stole night away,
As fire chased diamonds back across the sky,
And you told me you would one day meet those diamonds
When they finally reached home
And I said I would meet that fire.
Wherever you are now, my friend,
I hope those diamonds have come to you,
And you can rise with them above the stars.
That one day, when you come back to me,
You'll tell me hell let you meet the moon.
I remember when the moon rose above the stars,
When the sky was dark at night,
And black ink painted clouds
As they lay against the silver crystals
And moonlight rained cold down on me.
When we lay flat upon the ground,
Staring out on endless tomorrow,
Pressed frozen to the emerald planes
And wondering how many ages were left
As ruby dawn stole black water away.
You told me there were hundreds more,
That the dawn would rise here every 'morn,
And every 'morn we would rise to see
As ginger suns stole fair moons away
And we never questioned when they were red.
I remember when the sun stole night away,
As fire chased diamonds back across the sky,
And you told me you would one day meet those diamonds
When they finally reached home
And I said I would meet that fire.
Wherever you are now, my friend,
I hope those diamonds have come to you,
And you can rise with them above the stars.
That one day, when you come back to me,
You'll tell me hell let you meet the moon.