she made it (all go away)
I’ve seen it all fall away.
They say nothing is here to stay
But this was a special kind of nothing
That I woke up to each day.
Losing can come when you’re winning
Just when you think you’re on a roll.
It can fill you up so you can’t eat no more.
It can swallow you up whole.
It can make you think about nothing else.
It can make all your streets lead there.
It can freeze the adventure inside you
Till you forget what it’s like to dare.
I thought my nothing was forever.
I thought I’d never be alone
But she made it all go away.
She held me till it was gone.
I’ve won it all with a gambler’s touch.
Owned everything I could see.
Counted each and every possession
As though they belonged to me.
Been so filled up by beginner’s luck
That there was no place left to stand
To think devoid of acquisition,
To think apart what stuck to my hand.
I thought my everything was forever.
I thought I’d never be alone
But she made it all go away.
She held me till it was gone.
I’ve felt the pull of tragedy
Force me to its chest
Taking all my breath away
As it smothered me with its kiss.
Till my sadness overwhelmed
The brilliance of light’s purity
Without enough light to see
Even the shadow of serenity.
I thought my sadness was forever.
I thought I’d never be alone
But she made it all go away.
She held me till it was gone.
I’ve felt the rush of comedy
Take me to such heights
That clouds obscured a lifetime’s worth
Of Halloween’s night of frights.
And dear heart’s fairy princesses
Brought happiness’ fairyland
And I danced inside a fairy ring
Till I could no longer stand.
I thought my happiness was forever.
I thought I’d never be alone
But she made it all go away.
She held me till it was gone.
I’ve been enveloped by hatred’s torrents
Arms flailing in its mists
Carried to its labyrinth
Of unforgiving twists.
Taken to its shrine.
Paid homage to its thieves
Tasted the blood red moon
By which the vampires feed.
I thought my hatred was forever.
I thought I’d never be alone
But she made it all go away.
She held me till it was gone.
I’ve been swept away by love
Hands feeling for its center
Unveiling its mysteries
So I could know it better.
Reached its beating heart.
Touched its liquid soul.
Tasted its certainty.
Drowned in its whole.
I thought my love was forever.
I thought I’d never be alone
But she made it all go away.
She held me till it was gone.