One year

She smiled in a big way
the way a girl like that smiles
when the world is hers
She held your eyes
out in the breezeway
down by the shore
in the lazy summer

And she pulled you in
and she bit your lip
and she made you hers
She looked deep into you as you lay together
quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer

but you've already lost
but you've already lost
but you've already lost
when you only had barely enough
to hang on

She combed your hair
and she kissed your cheek
and she made you better
than you'd been before
And she told you bad things
you wished you could change
in the lazy summer

And she told you laughing
down to her core
so she would not cry
as she lay in your lap
she said
Nobody here can live forever
quiet in the grasp of dusk and summer

but you've already lost
but you've already lost
but you've already lost
when you only had barely enough
to hang on

And she said no one is alone
the way you are alone
And you held her looser
than you would've if you ever could have known
Some things tie your life together
Slender threads and things to treasure
Days like that should last and last and last

but you've already lost
but you've already lost
but you've already lost
when you only had barely enough
of her to hang on
hang on
hang on
hang on