Today

From a mountain to my heart
Taking them from granted
A distant whisper growing in the dark
She told me that one day
She would have to go away
But when I saw her leaving
I didn’t think she meant today
Sisters and their wishes
Brothers drinking in the Sunday light
Broken chains, paper planes
And everything that’s ever taken flight
She told me that one day
She would have to go away
But when I saw her leaving
I didn’t think she meant today
An old man standing at an open door
Shipwrecked on a sea of hope
A million miles to the nearest shore
And a million more to go
The night it comes crawling
And the waves dig in the beach
Her voice, it seems so close now
But her words are out of reach
She told me that one day
She would have to go away
But when I saw her leaving
I didn’t think she meant today
No I didn’t think she meant today