Ash

[Teratogen]

Ash

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
What we had and what never was
Loneliness is here because
I’m still in love with you
But my old habits grow with rust
And I realize now how you must
See black and white while I see us
‘Cause I’m still in love with you

Without you I’m not the same
I see your name in lightning's flash
And like a moth to the flame
Our love became a rain of ash

Ashes to ashes, there’s nothing left
But memories that I have kept
Inside my heart so long bereft
For I’m still in love with you
To win your heart would be theft
But in my wealth remains a cleft
When hope is gone there’s only death
If I’m still in love with you

When love is strong we become weak
And from the peak we fall to crash
Living in obscure mystique
With no words to speak in our bed of ash

Ashes to ashes, it had to be
Like a hundred-year-old tragedy
That was too bleak and sad to see
But I’m still in love with you
How could you do that to me?
To set your crafty trap so we
Could die inside your apathy
Girl, I’m still in love with you

So don’t think that it doesn’t matter
To be scattered amidst the trash
Even strong hearts tend to shatter
And become battered beneath the ash

Ashes to ashes to agitation
To doubt and worry and trepidation
Resentment comes as expectation
As I’m still in love with you
Fear is bondage and desolation
But love is here as your salvation
I came once to this realization
And I’m still in love with you

The hills of despair I am surmounting
But cries are sounding as two hearts clash
And hopelessness is now surrounding
I’m quickly drowning in this sea of ash

Ashes to ashes, your fire burning
To warm and singe without discerning
How my whole world for you is turning
I am still in love with you