Garden of the Ashes

[Intro]
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
We will not be strangers anymore
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
We will not be strangers anymore

[Verse 1]
When we meet again
It might be New York or the city of the rain
Or maybe not until our next life
And if so, then I get closer to you every day
'Cause ever since we started
We built ourselves a garden
That somehow got filled with flames
And I feel like a liar now
For six years I’ve tried and found
A song that brings tears to your eyes won’t put this fire out
Instead, it only makes it burn harder
Only makes it hurt stronger, only makes it last longer
Only makes me sure that my words
That once were pure by now have turned somber
Once they turn up on your front lawn
And I’m still trying to process everything I cared for
I’m still looking for your face on strangers in an airport
If it all comes down to a ticket I haven’t purchased yet
Then I’m afraid I’ll still be searching when

[Chorus]
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let this go, but we’ve reached the end
And if we never return
I’ll just stand here forever and burn, burn, burn
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
So if we never return
I’ll just stand here forever with my hands on my chest and I’ll burn

[Verse 2]
The only way we know how
I’ll burn right through my clothes now
Burn like the emotions that we’ve grown out of
Burn like the fires in your Colorado hometown
Burn like your brother in the hospital
Burn like my grandfather when we had to watch him go
Burn like that empty space when you don’t have an answer
Burn like that feeling when you lose someone you love to
All the forbidden words that hit you first
Life went easy on us most of the time, but it didn’t work
Enough to bend my feelings back
Enough that I could live and learn
Enough to know you're happy now
And that just makes me insecure
Well, hallelujah
All I learned from love was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
And you did first
If I could fit our biographies into six words
I would not be this hurt

[Chorus]
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let this go but we’ve reached the end
And if we never return
I’ll just stand here forever and burn
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
So if we never return
I’ll just stand here forever with my hands on my chest and I’ll burn

[Verse 3]
This song is dedicated
To anyone who’s ever been kept awake with some unbearable loss
Just living there in their thoughts that won’t die
No matter how hard you try slamming the door
And as I finally start to walk away, you can’t hear me at all
So goddamnit, Annie, I know it’s terrible for us
But it’s been great, my words are dead weight
And I’ll carry the corpse until my muscles tear
I’ll jump in there and I’ll bury the torch that burns
You know me, I want that movie scene ending
Where I’m sprinting down the airport, pumped, bearing it all
Married or not, up in paradise, I’m prepared to be wrong
But almost positive you’re proud of the space that you’ve spared in your heart
So here I am again, I’m clearly alone
Running down the aisle with my miracle song
Here I am again, Anne, I’m clearly alone
Running down the aisle with my miracle song

[Chorus]
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
And if we never return, I’ll just stand here forever and burn
One last time
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
So if you never return
I’ll just stand here forever, every chance that I get to, and burn