Éphémère - Handle With Care

I know I'm living in an unlikely state
A secret island in a sea of faces
This field of gravity that you and me create
Bending space and time to suit our needs
I wrap my life around you trying to keep you near
As the universe expands we're fighting entropy
You see this strength in me, but you don't see the fear
Tearing away the covers in my sleep
We race around the sun
Brilliant days have come and gone
We know our place, and know our speed
But if I lost you there'd be nothing left of me
But a veil of strength, an illusion of sanity
A hint of cynicism and a weary smile
I'd be a bottle with no water left inside
And this is not because I'm nothing
I'm so much more than the man I was
But chased by waves of repercussions
Don't overrate my strength because

I'm fragile
I'm glass under your hands
So handle me with care
Raise me to your lips
Don't set me down
I'm fragile
I'm glass under your hands
So handle me with care
Raise me to your lips
Don't set me down

At night I watch you as you breathe in the dark
Feeling enchanted and absorbed by you
And I recall how you resolved from the start
To live and flourish in the truth

Our dreams took wings yet we kept to the facts
As rain fell gently with the summer breeze
We made a pact, on the day that we met
To never hide and always seek
A beacon through the mist
Some kind of catalyst
With you, I'm who I want to be
Without your warmth I'm but a shadow with a name
Without your love, I am a knight collapsed in his panoply
It's you who taught me to let go of all restraint
And who enticed me to be brave enough to feel
I'm trying to stay here in the moment
As I lie naked in your arms
All pacified, I feel emoboldened
To look behind those false alarms

I'm fragile
I'm glass under your hands
So handle me with care
Raise me to your lips
Don't set me down
I'm fragile
I'm glass under your hands
So handle me with care
Raise me to your lips
Don't set me down

The universe winked at me
Falling stars have sealed our fate
A heavenly conspiracy
We must never explicate
The universe winked at me
Falling stars have sealed our fate
A heavenly conspiracy
We must never explicate
The universe winked at me
Falling stars have sealed our fate
A heavenly conspiracy
We must never explicate
The universe winked at me
Falling stars have sealed our fate
A heavenly conspiracy
We must never explicate

Written by:
Jan Schoenmakers

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