Hold Closer
this is not a drill.
it's going to happen
the end
of you
me
them
they
are going to do it
hold tight to me
and vow your love
swear to never part
until the blood runs cold
you only live once
so hold closer
hold tighter
hold longer
you don't know the last time you'll see your dearest
so hold closer
hold tighter
hold longer
it's coming now
they're really doing it
debris flutters around us
as we are holding closer
holding tighter
holding longer
people scream
and we cling tight
bricks fall lifelessly
beams fall lifelessly
people fall lifelessly
yet we'll be there
holding closer
holding tighter
holding longer
and then it's dark
but i can still feel
someone holding me
closer
tighter
longer than ever
and i think to myself
why can't this be a drill
why can't this be a mistake
why can't someone stop them
while someone is holding me
closer
tighter
longer now still
i hear people screaming
i hear their screams cut short
i hear you breathing
and then i can feel
pain
anger
sadness
mixed in one
but most of all
someone holding me
closer
tighter
longer
i hear it before it hits
i hear you lean forward and say, this is it
i love you
i always did
and now...
and even though i'm sure you aren't there
i can still feel someone holding
closer
tighter
longer
and though i am sad
i still am able to think
someone loved me
for always and forever
why did it take death to bring us together?
and finally i feel nothing
no pain or sorrow
and the last of my moments
were of me feeling
someone hold me
closer
tighter
longer
people will find us later
bones and ashes
they'll see someone there
someone here
someone near the entrance
but best of all
they'll see you and me
done
not holding closer
or tighter
or longer
but holding each other still
for not our lives
but our love
and they'll think
they loved once
and what was pure is destroyed
and they'll go home
and hold their lovers
closer
and tighter
and longer
and think about us
still sittin' there
still holding
closer
tighter
and longer
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