The doorbell rang at half-past three
A shadow stood where light should be
The man didn’t have to speak, I saw it in his eye
The moment that my world began to die
They spoke of blood upon the shattered glass
Of how the minutes let her spirit pass
A drunken ghost behind a heavy wheel
Turned all our golden dreams to twisted steel
They told me that he couldn’t see
Blinded by the glass, and the whiskey’s plea
He took the wheel, he took the spark
And left me screaming in the dark
Now the aisle is a river of salt and tears
A thousand days collapsed into thousand years
The dress we chose will rot inside the chest
While she is laid into eternal rest
No summer wine, no loved one to hold my hand
Just dust and bone within a wasted land
He killed the mother, the lover, and the wife
He stole the very meaning of my life!
I see the cradle we never bought
The battles that we never fought
The maps we marked for lands unseen
Now ghosts of what might have been
He drank the fire, he drove the blade
While in the back of an ambulance, her spirit strayed
How does he breathe? How does he wake?
While every breath I try to take… it starts to break!
The injustice burns like acid in my veins!
One man’s hollow choice, a lifetime of chains!
Why is he here? Why is she gone?
How does the world keep moving on?
TELL ME WHY!
No more summers by the ocean, no child to bear our name
Just the ashes of a promise, and a heart that’s set aflame!
I want to scream until the heavens break!
How much more is one heart meant to take?
No summer wine, no love to hold my hand
Just dust and bone within a wasted land
He killed the mother, the lover, and the wife
He stole the very meaning of my life!
The house is quiet…
The lights are low…
You took the only path…
Where I cannot go.