You're still the reason I wait for winter, 
why I drive through the dark valley alone, 
our city merely a distant afterglow, 
a beautiful and dangerous element 
rippling through the heart. 

Perhaps too familiar 
to hold on to anymore, 
maybe there's too much pain
to still carry this torch. 

I'm still cocooned in our heat, 
where your body no longer 
moved of its own accord, 
opening in a harmony 
neither of us will understand. 

A storm of nectar surged around me, 
the spilling of a delicate language 
this tongue has forever pierced. 

I never questioned it when
we were locked in conclusion, 
but you could never see the brilliance 
that your glow left upon me. 

I just wanted to stay wrapped together 
long after this mutual frenzy, 
long after our skin has been 
marked in signatures made flesh, 
closer than I've ever been to 
anyone before or ever since. 

You're the reason I wait for winter, 
why I drive through the dark valley alone, 
our city merely a faint flare singeing
a beautiful and dangerous element 
still rippling through the heart. 

Perhaps too familiar 
to touch anymore, 
maybe there's too much pain 
to stay near this torch. 

I'm still cocooned in our heat, 
the unique pheromone made 
of skin and need intermingled, 
a perfume that never entirely evaporates

When your body no longer 
moved of its own accord, 
bursting in a harmony 
neither of us will understand. 

A storm of nectar enveloped me, 
the spilling of a delicate language 
that I have forever pierced. 

I never question it when 
we were locked in conclusion, 
aglow with your brilliance, 
I'd rather be singed by 
no other torch. 

I just wanted to stay wrapped together 
beyond our mysterious frenzy, 
long after our skin has been 
marked in vows made flesh. 

Closer than I've ever been to anyone. 

Closer than I can ever be again.