What Once Was Grand - Paco del Stinko

When sun first shined upon your pale green eyes
Stopping of time became the normal way
Try as I may to find any small lie
Each solar ray scared off all ghosts of gray
The scent of air could now cover the earth
When people stared in their rapt disbelief
The summer bird flew in and took its perch
Offers of seed were then given to thee
Although your need was a long time fulfilled
The raining love that poured down over me
Fell from above as a fire that killed
We sat riverside still drunk on our love
Then started to cry as the hawks killed the dove

From the ashes of death we rose again
The lashes were breath that we brushed aside
How could this be that we were more than friends
Were we like a black cat with its nine lives
No matter as we restarted our stride
The chatter as strong as it was before
The barbs were less painful to leather hides
Our hearts found the key to open the door
But as often as not when less is more
You soften the lot by taking it all
You can still lose when your team gets the score
Don't stand to choose when you're ready to fall
As your green eyes look away to the past
My sad heart sighs as tomorrow comes fast