Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours

[Intro] My angel, my all My very self You press against my ribs You are not wholly mine I am not wholly thine [Verse 1] Thoughts race toward you Joy collapses into ache Sheets hold no warmth I reach across the dark Only your absence answers Your scent clings to cloth Coach shattered on the road Your name held me upright Night remembers your body And leaves me hollow [Chorus] Ever thine Ever mine Ever ours [Verse 2] Days stretch between letters Mail coach leaves twice weekly It carries what I lose Each departure takes more I wait for the sound of wheels That sound is all I have It comes and leaves again And I remain behind [Chorus] Ever thine Ever mine Ever ours [Bridge] Why this sorrow now When necessity commands Love requires everything And justly so Yet necessity divides us We cannot become one While the world demands two The road was cruel Every mile increased the cost What must be endured Cannot be wished away [Verse 3] My heart already rests Where your hands once moved No room remains for others It answers only to The memory of your voice Against my skin at night I belong where you touched me And nowhere else [Bridge / Outro] Look into the night Find comfort in what must be Our love was founded Above this world Held within the heavens The sky still bears witness But I cannot live Halfway in your absence I live wholly with you Or I do not live [Chorus] Ever thine Ever mine Ever ours Ever thine Ever mine Ever ours [END]