Tangle

Like a shot fired from above
A hurricane just cleared the air
Sent waters crashing at the bridge

Terror kept us shaking, but it was something to behold
Standing at the gap there in the road
It was a perfect place
It was meant for me
It was magic, but I knew it couldn't last

This feeling's familiar, but it's colder than before
Sleeping in the hills above our home
Was it always this way?
Was it choice or fate?
Was it motion that was keeping us alive?

The breath between us
One thousand voices
Are tangled branches
Blanched in the sun

The slow smothering of a fire
One limb against another
One's a louse, one's a waste
Quiet crushed in the rain
Cheeks flushed in this drain
I'd go on if I could only see your face

Begin to lift
Begin to breathe