One Thousand Lives

Inside the haze of summer’s fire
We sat in fields of grass and wire
As horses raced their endless territory
And from our precious minds we thought
All still life dreams and battles fought
Our victories enshrined in ragged glory
We were young and foolish then
Had no fear that it could end
As into that crooked night our love went reeling
Ah one thousand lives I’d live just for that feeling
I stood firm as her beacon eyes
Shot looks that left me hypnotised
With such intense belief that I was shaking
We tried hard not to feel the cold
I joked that we were growing old
She laughed as if her heart was slowly breaking
As she started to confide
I saw what she could not hide
It was something of her soul she was revealing
Ah one thousand lives I’d live just for that feeling
And we cast our spells by candlelight
While distant bells rang loud and bright
We made our way through the dirt road tracks
But you can’t back
No, you can never go back
We broke free as the dawn arrived
Amazed that we had both survived
And headed for the lake, our pulses racing
To drink and lie in waters deep
To grab what moments we could keep
To forget the tomorrows we’d be facing
Knowing nothing could stop time
As it thundered down the line
We still cut our skins and gave no thought to healing
Ah one thousand lives I’d live just for that feeling