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There it hovered then a flash Instantly the sand is glass If you don’t know just ask around Dig your nails into my hand Tattoo of a wedding band I could hit the floor soon myself For the last year you lived You slept in your parents’ bed You whisper now from outside time “The Milky Way’s a swirling drain Gotta laugh the dread away There’s no word for what I became” Screen memories of weekends never spent Out to Mystic and to Cape May Still smoking in diners the whole way And the bridge whips up behind us The fifth mode of travel will make us see That everyone’s alive in old light overflowing from the pool Guess I guess the one’s the one I had to lose Flash of white engulfs us as the film runs out I’d say I’ll see you ‘round but man I have my doubts I discard another friend His skin's that hepatitis tint Eyes that got an acquisitive glint One generation to the next In the cell a secret knowledge So oblivious so humane We met on VJ Day Tickertape My memory is fading Your girlfriend from back then Where's she now? When the psychic said your name My heart skipped My life swelled I lived in hope Believe me baby I don't know a lot but I know this is true You could fuck around and I would forgive you Why does every story end with cut to black? Now I would do anything to get you back