You slipped into the subtle night
beyond my heart's reach
and it was there that I
began to lose a part of me

The walls crumpled up like paper
underneath  the weight of it all
My resolve became a vapor
in the mist of an early fall

Your quick tongued razor words
Cut my hope like never before
and I felt so deeply absurd
and rotten to my very core

Yet you roll right into the place
Where I let you continue to dance
And I still see the smiles on your face
in the memories of a lost romance