Save The Dark

My heartbeat is taken away Without my pulse, beginning to sway I cannot find me and I cannot find you I breathe out - I can only breathe out Once upon a time I tried to find you To help me tear my mask away But as your countenance fell that day The world faded, shaded to gray Clenched jaw A gaping maw Like my nerves turned raw Clenched fist Made my list Will never get the gist Heart that gives A pulse that lives Like a tide that heaves Mind that prays Change the ways Of never-ending days Clenched jaw A gaping maw Like my nerves turned raw Clenched fist Made my list Will never get the gist Heart that gives A pulse that lives Like a tide that heaves Mind that prays Change the ways Of never-ending days I tried to save the dark Too late to leave my mark Too tired to make it snow Or quell the afterglow I stare in the dark Poised, alarmed and tense Searching, waiting For you to take my pulse I found you there, by a shaded sea You cradled my mask as stillborn And as my countenance fell, that day Shade my tears, the world away Clenched jaw A gaping maw Like my nerves turned raw Clenched fist Made my list Will never get the gist Heart that gives A pulse that lives Like a tide that heaves Mind that prays Change the ways Of never-ending days Clenched jaw A gaping maw Like my nerves turned raw Clenched fist Made my list Will never get the gist Heart that gives A pulse that lives Like a tide that heaves Mind that prays Change the ways Of never-ending days Once I was claimed by a summer breeze And turned out into the blue As crosswinds broke and gave way To hailstorm gale and sway