For Always

© 2008 Nicholas D. Drummond

It’s a one in a million chance
that your life would be made by some romancing away
We all came to stay
And pushed out of warm we came
from mother’s belly out nothing ever would be the same
The milk was good
it filled up my bones just like it should
Well how soon did we find
that this was all fleeting as fickle time
So wake up
and welcome to
the cruel world of the chosen few

Two million people gonna die
before they end the war
a million more
the mother fucker knows

Stay close by me
for always
let the rain wash us away

One day I met a man
Who read the Bible upside down
Said the only Heaven he’d found was in the ground
and I’d understand when Hell rains down

When we were young did we
put our roots in the ground and drink it deep
while skipping stones
off our dreams
now I’m skipping them off of my memories
‘Cause he’s alive
And he’s a liar
And now the whole damn world’s on fire
in the autumn rain
in the autumn rain

Two million people gonna die
before they end the war
a million more
the mother fucker knows

Stay close by me
for always
let the rain wash us away
I used to dream
for always
So stay close by me today