Seventeen Ashes

I knew these people, two people in love A girl so young, a man from above He was raggedy and wild, she was seventeen The darkest romance the desert has seen He chased her through fire, he chased her through time Now I’m the one left, paying for the crime The desert wind is calling out your name A thousand miles of silence and of shame I’m reaching out to touch the cold, hard glass Waiting for the ghost of us to pass I hear your voice in every man I meet Like ghosts on the pavement of a one-way street I made long speeches when I was alone To a shadow of flesh, to a heart made of stone I’m not afraid of the heights or the sky I’m just afraid of the fall, and the ‘why’ Through the one-way glass, the colors turn grey I didn’t want my emptiness to get in the way So I left the boy behind to save him from me In a house made of secrets, by the deep black sea Now the mirror is cold, and the neon is bright We’re just two silhouettes fading into the night The desert wind is calling out your name A thousand miles of silence and of shame Paris, Texas… a patch of dirt and sand I’m holding a memory in a trembling hand Every man has your voice... Every man has your voice...