We Are Our Stories

I know I've been gone
Far away, too often, for so long
That you've forgotten how I sound

I bring you sweets and chocolates
White roses in black boxes
But it won't make up for sleepless nights

Our life together is only snippets
Cut out of film and old photographs
You can't find my face in half of them

I know I don't say it enough
I know that loneliness feels rough
Even though words just don't cut it

I've tried so hard
To keep us together when
Your morning grows dark outside my window

But you've cried, I've cried
Far too often I've lied
When alcohol drowned our senses

Walls we've built between us
Are higher than the seas  are wide
But now I'm coming home

I will see you outside my door
I miss you at every airport
I grow cold when I sleep alone

But now that I'm coming home
At least for a little while
Maybe we can just sit on the sand,
Hold hands and smile
Just talk a little while