Sapphire

The road I've walked for my whole life
 Has brought me to this crossroads
 And I'm standing here beside you
 I know you've never been someone
 To take things on a leap of faith
 Please trust me once and never cry again
 Hold my hand
 We can take this slowly
 And see where it might lead
 Going into, going into, going into, going into you
 And everything seemed to make sense
 The first time that things seemed to fall in place
 Just for a little while
 And now my hopes and dreams are burning down
 Claw out my eyes
 I'd rather be blind
 Than to see you turn around
 And walk away from me
 Tear off my ears
 I'd rather be deaf
 Than hear you
 Saying goodbye
 Lucky ones will never
 Share what we've shared
 For I'm damned to know
 Exactly just what might have been
 Can't somebody stop this?
 I feel like I'm drowning
 And everywhere I turn the water's deeper
 It would tear out my heart
 To be nothing more to you
 Than a smile that occasionally
 Crosses your face
 Twenty five years from now
 What will we have?
 A pile of ash called
 What could have been?
 Treasures can slip through your fingertips
 And sapphires melt in your hands
 As I gaze in your jaded eyes
 I pray that this road isn't ending
 Walking down this road
 I thought I felt you hold my hand
 But looking I can see my palm is empty
 How can you turn from me?
 All that I wanted
 Was to catch the stars and lay them at your feet
 It would tear out my heart
 To be nothing more to you
 Than a smile that occasionally
 Crosses your face
 Treasures can slip through your fingertips
 And sapphires melt in your hands
 You turn to me with your jaded eyes
 And I'm scared that I know how this ends
 And everything fell into place
 But now it is falling apart
 I'm trying to hold on
 But I can see you fading
 Be quick-Or you've missed it
 Sometimes when our backs are turned the choice is made
 Once-In a lifetime
 If you didn't see it coming then you're much too late
 This self constructed prison
 Is comfortable and warm
 But I can't escape the feeling
 That there must be something more
 Everything we've been through
 That's made us who we are
 Has brought us here and now the choice is ours to make
 I'm begging you
 I'm pleading on my knees
 I can't believe that this was just a big mistake
 From jeweled gemstone memories
 To jaded guarded energies
 To just gentle victory
 I know we could last
 Tell me what I've got to do,
 Tell me what I've got to do,
 To get inside your heart
 Where did we go
 When there are no more conspiracies?
 When there's only you and only me
 Seeing each other for the first time?
 I pledge myself
 If you stumble I will carry you
 And wipe away the tears if you will mine
 And I'm holding out for a miracle
 But I'm scared to let go of the bird in my hand
 And afraid that I've run out of time for a second chance
 I want to drown myself in your eyes
 I want to believe but I'm scared that you're lying
 Tell me there's hope for the ghost of a second chance
 Chances are meant
 Meant to be taken
 But life's so fragile
 And it's breaking into pieces
 Somebody help me
 I feel like I'm dying
 And I'm reaching for your hand
 But it's not there
 And I pray we won't know
 What we're missing
 And we'll never imagine
 What might have been
 But twenty five years from now
 I'll still hold on
 To a fading dream
 Of me and you
 Treasures have slipped through my fingertips
 And the sapphire vanished from my hand
 I'll never forget the look in your eyes
 When you lied and said this wasn't ending
 Treasures have slipped through my fingertips
 And the sapphire vanished from my hand
 I say goodbye to your jaded eyes
 As we reach our unnatural end