so late its turning early
dawn is breaking night
surely you recall a moment
i was so fragile, you
turned away, i
didn't realize
didn't know it meant
you wouldn't stay

so fresh still bleeding
unclean untended unseen
seedling without sun leaning
hold your breath
here comes the morning light

i know you had to go
still, you stayed
i never would have left
had to walk away
i learn to pray as my last cigarette
turns to ash
because maybe i needed you
maybe i couldn't do
it alone, wasn't strong enough to keep us together
but i'm strong enough to hold my own

springs arrives once upon a song
on the winter worn valley of us
casting a path between peaks of bitter and sweet
on my knees, good time is hard to make
but better than hard time on my feet
frozen in one place