What We Really Were

It seems years and years ago that
 People saw the sun
 We would sleep on beaches
 ...
 Now must I go sleep alone
 Between clean whole sheets
 But when I was with you we slept wrapped up
 ...
 Of course you must know that it did all end
 How then to recall what we really were
 Of course you must know that it did all end
 Nothing that perfect or simple ever lasts
 For long
 That haunting song you sang about
 Picking roses and dropping them in the beloveds lap as she dreamed
 The translation clumsy
 Maybe it was that other song you sang about the beautiful dress that gets torn
 Of course you must know that it did all end
 How then to recall what we really were
 Of course you must know that it did all end
 Nothing that perfect or simple ever lasts
 For long