Autumn Requiem

Swimming 'round your head, that early evening, The thoughts that waves brought to your shore Just the sound of it, your unsteady breathing Reveals the silent shield you bore You were a baby, only a baby when she left you Behind in this grown-up land But you thought, 'maybe, just maybe I can get through Without holding her hand' What you found, instead, that Autumn evening, A savior with maternal needs And just the sound of it, as she'd be singing Her lullabyes, you knew she'd never leave But it became hazy, everything hazy when she left you Behind to become a man But you thought, 'maybe, just maybe I can get through The mist from where I stand' You've always lived with it The ghost of Nevermore (because, because, because) It's never 'she is', is it? It's always been, 'she was, she was, she was... mmmmm' But you rebounded, one sober evening With introductions to a girl What astounded, that eerie feeling In three's, they exit from this world She was a lady, became a lady then she left you Behind, your life again Was faced with Maybe's, you said, 'maybe my soul was born to Confront the being that I am' Mmmmm, mmmmm...