I, I gazed
Upon the Earth
Observed
Every faulted line

And time — she moved so slow
It taxed my feeble mind
And I waited, impatient
For something to come around

Did you know I was there?
Did you know what I needed?
How, how long?

How, how long
Did I stand in the garden with my breath against the leaves
As the trees bowed down and weeds would gather 'round my legs up to my knees?

How, how long?
How long?
How long?

I, I gazed
Into your eyes
The day
You promised you could lie forever
This way
Your hand in mine and the
Stars singing our names
And I waited impatient for
Something to come around

Did you know what it meant?
Did you know we were fading?
How, how long?

How, how long
Did we lie in the soil with our arms and legs tangled up
Like the weeds and the branches of the trees that bound our souls and necks to the ground below?

How, how long?
How long?
How long?

Didn’t mean to take you down
Didn't mean to take you down
I thought you'd wanna stay
I thought we would be fine whatever came our way

Didn’t know my world was dark
Didn't know my world was dark
Until you came
And you wilted with the lack of sun
Falling prey
To the weight
And disarray

Now you know how it felt
Now you know why I needed it
How wrong

How wrong
You assumed that I could make
You feel it was worth it
But all I ever did was drag you down
And bring you in and out through hell again

My goddess of light
And spring and all things good
How wrong

How long
Before you break down and fly
Away with your spirit and mine in tow
And leave me below with all the
Fates and shades and the river passing through?

But I could never blame you
No, I never could blame you