If We Were Vampires

It's not the long flowing dress that you're in
 Or the light coming off of your skin
 The fragile heart you protected for so long
 Or the mercy in your sense of right and wrong
 It's not your hands, searching slow in the dark
 Or your nails leaving love's watermark
 It's not the way you talk me off the roof
 Your questions like directions to the truth
 It's knowing that this can't go on forever
 Likely, one of us will have to spend some days alone
 Maybe we'll get 40 years together
 But one day, I'll be gone or one day, you'll be gone
 If we were vampires and death was a joke
 We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
 And laugh at all the lovers and their plans
 I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
 Maybe time running out is a gift
 I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
 And give you every second I can find
 And hope it isn't me who's left behind
 It's knowing that this can't go on forever
 Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
 Maybe we'll get 40 years together
 One day, I'll be gone, one day you'll be gone
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 It's knowing that this can't go on forever
 Likely one of us will have to spend some days alone
 Maybe we'll get 40 years together
 One day I'll be gone, one day you'll be gone