for days i ve searched for the words so i don t make a mess of this i ll trade my eyes for a fleeting wish i woke at 7am the cold air was not becoming this tune i started humming and you lay there so still with dark eyes shut and whiskey breath you hadn t taken off your black dress the curtain fell from it s rail i shut the window so it wouldn t shatter but it was nothing it didn t matter to me our lives are barely built to last how did you creep up on me so damn fast my dear i sat in the kitchen and thought i ve had a few knocks here and there was mostly my fault so i don t care you said i have a bad side it comes when all the clocks have stopped i feel my heart begin to drop to me our lives are fast approaching death so lets go out in my suit and your black dress