Chere (Before Time Runs Out)

I'll retreat now as you reopen your wounds
Raining silent tears onto the ghost of you
My chapped lips bite back urgent words
Like something catastrophic's occured

Chère we're grounded
Chère we're grounded
Chère we're broken-winged birds

Chère, it's all in our shattered head
Chère, we're keeping negativity fed
I wish to hell you listened to what I said

There's so many cities you've drifted through
Folks see you coming and going nearly on cue
We've shared secrets, but you keep others at bay
I know what it's like to wake up unsure of the day

Will I go through this damn day afraid?
Will the doom cloud keep hovering?
Will peace ever be forthcoming?

Chère, we don't have to be lost
Chère, we don't have to be lost
Chère, love's worth risking the cost

Chère, it's just the ghosts in our bed
Chère, it's what their influence has said
Deriding the sun before the moon has had
the chance to set

I'm tired of worrying
I'm tired of worrying
Worrying over what's next
The next crisis, the onset of stasis

There's a quiet place, I'd love for us to go there
Where we are no longer alone, lost, and scared
We won't worry over what lurks behind unfamiliar doors
Because when all is said and done, that's what love's for

Chère we don't have to be lost
Chère, we don't have to be lost
Chère, we're lost upon a rocky shore

But that's love at its bittersweet core

I'm tired of screaming
I'm tired of thinking
It's your presence I need now more than ever before
Can we rediscover each other before time runs short?

Because the wrongs we've done will recede
Oh, I know that's something hard to conceive
But give me another chance and you'll receive
My love as long as you're willing to believe

We can create much better memories
Together we can work everything out
When I envision hope you're all I see
Let's take a leap before time runs out