I Wish We Could've Met

Ain't seen the starlight clear as the night That I could see your eyes in the northern sky Our defense it breaks and our flanks are swept Before this, I only wish we could've met. My darling, my fever overtakes me each day Illness growing violent, these silent halls only stay Money I received's not enough to cure my worn head Before this, I only wish we could've met. The man awaits a platform above the railroad line As the woman across the street keeps her cards in her line of sight Sinking teeth into graveyard shifts and midnight wine Wishing only that somewhere they could've met. My illness was a violence born of fruitless action Imagining you in the kitchen as I take my last ration. The times we never kept out of love and regret, Before this, I only wish we could've met. My fear it thickens with each passing moment And my eyes grow weary of this tired home Searching only for the light your eyes would've sent Before this, I only wish we could've met. Staring out to nowhere from his matchstick bed. She's off somewhere on a park bench, playing chess Trying to forget the reasons for her loneliness Wishing only that somewhere they could've met. Two lovers pass through rope vines and city lights Two graves bound, a briar and rose entwined Cacophony of time, tick your worn second chime. Always more when you never need the time Searching for a stranger 'neath the warm auburn skies. Well, I'm hoping for a better beat in my next life The best I ever did was having you as my wife Out beyond the clearing, our destiny is not yet set. Until this moment, wishing only we could've met Darling, The winters gone and I'm going with it too The pain of surviving without you is through Destiny is paying off the last of my debt All through this moment, wishing only we could've met Stepping through the crowds of a rusted out line His sight lands knowingly on a woman from the Rhine Eyes meet and wander away beneath those blinking signs Wishing only that somewhere they could've met.