i'll light a new mile
i'll chain the words to my breath
and lift you to my voice
and once upon a lifetime
the mourning wreath
is hung upon our souls
aimed deeper than the heart
although you always welcomed me
with outstretched arms
sometimes i forget to love
but i'll try to remember
just how the wind would sing
as unreturning hours
tumble toward decay
but outside our rushing lives rush on
and soon will wash away
as life forgets its age
and i forget to love
when morning found the lowest tide
we'd carve our names into the beach
so ships out in the sun
that tie its beams to the sea
could know a friend in their reckoning
at the highest tide we'd build a fire
to guide the ships into our shore
where waves still shed their promise
like the sunbeams to our sand
when this is gone i won't understand
the lighthouse of our embers sparked
it rivaled stars and blossomed to a flame
although it was fated to dim and burn out
before the ships sailed in and night began
if you die i won't understand
but i'll try and i'll try
now this life is caught between my youth and death
with the former looking forward
and the latter looking backward
on the fields of our years
we'll save our tears
while daylight breathes
its eternal after-draw
and tomorrow turns no clock
but day breaks with a fog to blind the sailors
on the acres of our ocean watch
and one by one the ships will sail on
she'll lay down her dust now
and head into the night
i wish that i could see you one last time
and i wish that i believed
you could look down on me
from a heaven in the clouds
but you know
as my rushing life rushes on
i'll miss you so much
though i forget to love
and i forget to love