Higher Ground

I hope you see what you need tonight

Smashed concrete under incandescent lights

We didn’t have forever, just a long goodbye

I never pretended otherwise

And when I go

You’ll be just fine

Maybe it was in your head what happened that night

Maybe you were smiling then or maybe you cried

Does it really matter if it all was a lie?

Everything I said to you was true at the time

True at the time

I hope you know what you meant to me

A tiny island in an endless sea

I didn’t want forever I just don’t want to drown

Will I slip back under when you leave me now

If I can’t find

Some higher ground?

And there will be some clemency

That absolves me of unclean things

I’ll kneel down here in concrete dust

And wait to feel that perfect trust

I’m waiting

I’m waiting