Last night on Earth
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In our cozy cave
Last kiss we’ll share
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Nothing left to save
We’ve been through the war
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Casualties are the proof
Suitcase on the floor
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Makes me face the truth
I watch you pack your clothing
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That slid across your skin
And kept the smell of you I loved
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And at one time kept you hidden
But now I watch you standing there
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I know what lies beneath
I picture every freckle
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Every signature relief
It’s covered now forever
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Forever barred to me
When once it was my heaven
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And you and I were free
You say something and look my way
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That old, familiar gaze
Those eyes that once were so bright
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Are fading into gray
The spark that once began us
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Still lingers in this room
But now we know our journey
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Is one that ends in doom
And when all that I’ve loved
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Has packed and left this place
I bow my head in sadness
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In somber, sore disgrace
I flop myself
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Onto our bed
The one that years
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Passed overhead
I stare up at the ceiling
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Remembering the nights
When we would talk for hours
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And turn off all the lights
We’d talk til dawn
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The sun would break
We’d smile and kiss
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Ourselves awake
I roll and look
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Out the window
At the empty
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Streets below
Our streets we claimed
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So long ago
And from my view
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I plainly see
Into our bathroom
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Vanity
A single razor
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Perched near mine
Is all you’ve missed
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And left behind
I stand and tears
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Well in my eyes
I walk toward it
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With heavy sighs
I pick it up
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And tears do fall
I cower against
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The shower wall
And from my crouch
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I spot some gray
Some gray cotton
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That’s somewhat frayed
It’s in the trash
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Balled in a pile
A gray t-shirt
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Been there awhile
I hold it up
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I breathe it in
The smell of you
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Remains within
I let my sobs
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Ring on the tile
As I see
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Your loving smile
That loving smile
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I thought would last
Is gone forever
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In the past
Someday I’ll heal
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I’ll have no hurt
Your smell will vanish
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From this shirt
I’ll look out of my room’s window
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And I’ll think back upon this day
I’ll once again recall the sight
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Of you striding on your way
I’ll smile upon you
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Then I’ll know
It’s good to see you
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See you go.
