I am your future love and promise
I am shining behind the window clear
Pass and pause and prove and please
Nobody takes me seriously dear
I'm getting dusty; I'm getting cleaned
You're getting nervous I see
Picking me out and buying cut roses
This was meant to be
I am your new glowing satisfaction
Just try to talk without a smile
Parade and perform and perfect the passion
I was worth the dreadful mile
I'm hanging from lips; I'm dangling from lashes
I feel new on your finger, once bare
Kiss this once and cut all other ties
I know that we make quite the pair
I am your hollow empty promise
New fights bring a new sense of pain
Plead and persuade and pacify and press
Little ears have nothing to gain
We can't stand the stresses but don't want to be lonely
We have nothing left to lose
Pick me back up and put me in the right position
Let us call a lovers truce
I am your familiar loyal companion
Holding hands never felt so good
Plan and praise and prize and polish
Years together we have stood
Rough patches in life have made us all stronger
Time has made us all the more wise
Now we are all beneath sandstone and rubble
Too deep to hear anyone's cries