You chose the flowers, I brought the wine We held our breath and watched the time A hundred names, and nobody quite sure With water creeping underneath the chapel door Your mum rang up when the sky turned grey Said the storm was heading straight across the bay I’d written something about forever and a day But the wind got hold of it and blew the lot away You took my hand, I looked at you Well, what else were we supposed to do? Hold me close while the whole sky falls Let the night take whatever’s left to break We had a plan, we thought we knew Everything washed away except you Your uncle drove through the rising tide Just to be there standing by your side Most had gone, but the good ones stayed We said our vows in the mess we’d made I forgot what I’d been frightened of I lost my nerve, you called my bluff Pour what’s left of the wine, let it pour Let the night take whatever’s left to break We had a plan, we thought we knew Everything washed away except you Years from now, when the photos fade And the corners curl inside the frame I’d had a hundred lines prepared About getting old and being scared But there I stood with mud up to my knees And you just started laughing at me As though that’s how it ought to be Take the roof, take the walls, take the day Let the night take whatever’s left to break We had a plan, we thought we knew Everything washed away except you Whatever comes, we’ll muddle through Who’s going to stop the weather anyway We’ve only just begun Oooh….
