Someday she said this would get better

We’d get up and leave the fast city pace behind

Clean up our lungs, dust off our clothes

And bat our eyelashes without leaving creases

Someday she said this would get better

We’d walk on two feet, and fear less of what we were doing

But more of how we were doing it

We’d love more she promised

And I’ve counted every star in our sky

Night after night,

And she said someday this would get better

Someday we’d leave this place

The city lights would dim

And there would be thousands of stars

All waiting for a name

Someday she said this would get better

We’d realize each others purpose

We’d realize that this was worth every last breath

And night after night I tossed and turned

And night after night I called and cried

But she had always promised me

Someday we’d leave this place

Gain a backbone; re-grow our hearts

And hand in hand things would get easier

Our creases would melt; the dust in our hair would disappear

And someday she said this would get better

But I’ve counted every star in our sky

Night after night