The Fight

We lost another one to the fight last night

Somewhere between the cracks of the sidewalk outside the street lights

Stray dogs and cat fights

Life lost like a flickering flame in the snow

How long was it before we could have known?

The candle was burned out, lost in the cold

So violently removed in the hottest of flames

A departure where it feels like no truth remains

And no one fully living remains here

In the abyss of questions never answered

I didn’t see nothing, sir, I was only looking at her

In the abyss of questions never answered

And everyone is covered in blood

Dozens of shoes never to be worn again

All her pretty dresses, you can give 'em away all to her friends

One billion seconds passed just to stop the ticking of a clock

Though it's just another song drifting away into the earth

Trampled by opinions, statements, and self worth

Bodies fighting and fucking and tangled in love and pain

Well, she doesn’t have to be a part of this anymore

This song and dance, it's a messy business, it’s a dreadful chore

We’ll just sing a song and move on like she wanted

But everyone wants to say their peace

They wanna say what they need

But to me, it just all feels a little self important

Well, you knew her the best, you weren’t even her friend

And then she got drunk and slept with her boyfriend

Was it the acid they took? Was it written in the book?

Was there a message in the cigarettes left in her back pocket?

Now the dog’s outside, howling at the moon

When will she know that we won’t be coming home soon?

Soon