Spring

from we've been the garages by the garages

"the endless summer’s come and gone
and we’re left in the weeds
tracing out our old battle scars
trying hard to breathe

and i won’t forget about your words
and i won’t forget the breeze
 i’ll remember how to say my name
coughing if i need

i try my best to keep it straight
when you ask about my things
stacked so neatly against the wall
that aging faded ring 

remembering in tired prose
stories about anything
i haven’t felt whole in some time
i will remember how to sing

now you know
how the leaves turn red and vibrant gold
and rot in their places
that lively green replaced with snow

now that the winter’s settled in
and we’ll never play that song again
i don’t know if there’s more to this
if there’s spring somewhere ahead 

now it’s gone and i don’t know what to do anymore
cut loose, i’m adrift, and i’m lying on the floor
there’s nothing left for me to say
without a purpose, without a new song to play

and i feel like i’m just wasted potential
i’m still longing for something sentimental
but the gods that we loved never gave us their loving so i’ve just got to keep going on 

now i know
how the leaves turn red and vibrant gold
and rot in their places
that lively green replaced with snow

now that the winter’s settled in
and we’ll never play that song again
i don’t know if there’s more to this
if there’s spring somewhere ahead "