At Dawn

You waited ‘til the morning to tell me the news

In the windowlight I was wrapped right up in you

I could feel your relief, like Morning Theft that took the sheets

You cut me loose

And it was never you and me

More like; my friends, you, oh and me

And that’s the truth.

Philosophies in pints of coke

Me smiling always at the joke

The metro home an empty feeling

What a fool I was believing

But who was I to know what you did behind closed doors

Who you met when I was gone

Out of sight and mind and fun.

I lost my innocence to this

But don’t regret a single bit

A box of letters to resist

I’d fly them gladly off the cliffs.

We built a bonfire on the beach

Each hanging note you’d stretched to reach

It was all those kids believed

And just exactly what they’d need.

They said the world would end at dawn

You made it so

There’s nothing like the night

To shield the blow

When we stood up on the wall

And watched the river rise and fall

I thought I had it all

I thought I had it all.