Ash

©2004, Michael T. Hogan

My mind is so many places

I can’t even take it

And your mind must be so many places

You don’t deserve to feel this way no no no

It’s getting to the point where I

Can’t even breathe

I keep on thinking about us

And what you mean to me

In a candle-lit café

I’m drowning in your gaze

As the small flame paints your face

I know this can only be a memory

And I never meant to hurt you

No I never meant to

Then she looks at me

And she starts to speak

she says, “I know it’s not me you love

it’s only pieces of her

dismembered from that last war

so pour me through your veins

and filter me out your pen”

but I’d rather kiss you so hard

that you’ll never leave again

and I never meant to hurt you

no I never meant to

but I set fire to my thoughts

and now ash has filled my mind

you know that love is a strange thing my dear

for it knows not age, and It knows not fear

and love is a scary thing girl

cause it don’t understand the ways of the world

and love is unpredictable baby

it can make you so calm, it can make you so crazy

love is everything baby

but I never meant to hurt you

no I never meant to

I set fire to my thoughts

And now ash has filled my mind

And I set fire to my heart

And now ash has filled my soul