It's not the long, flowing dress
That you're in
Or the light coming off of your skin
The fragile heart you protected for so long
Or the mercy in your sense
Of right and wrong
It's not your hands searching slow
In the dark
Or your nails leaving love's watermark
It's not the way you talk me off the roof´
Your questions like directions
To the truth
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have to spend
Some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone
Or one day you'll be gone
If we were vampires and death was a joke
We'd go out on the sidewalk and smoke
Laugh at all the lovers and their plans
I wouldn't feel the need to hold your hand
Maybe time running out is a gift
I'll work hard 'til the end of my shift
And give you every second I can find
And hope it isn't me who's left behind
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have to spend
Some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone
Or one day you'll be gone
It's knowing that this can't go on forever
Likely one of us will have to spend
Some days alone
Maybe we'll get forty years together
But one day I'll be gone
Or one day you'll be gone