A piece of luggage

Seventh Storey

In the winter months the trees bared a doleful breeze

You almost slipped upon that unfortunately placed ice puddle

The air could feel your eyes freeze, your heart melt and your hands numb

Rolling down the bank of your body

You traced your steps, but they’ve gone cold, lights lost in a love that no one could hold

Now you\'re just her seventh story, nothing new, nothing bold

From the seventh storey, you watched it fade

The seventh story was the one she made

Now it’s a page you can’t rewrite

Just another memory you lost to the light

She needed to ensure the highest standards of safety, cleanliness and cost-effectiveness

It was a real shame, she thought, that you don\'t meet the required standards she has:

De-icing every inch of her car\'s windscreen, wiping away the frost

All while you slipped, letting the penetrating moisture in

Letting it seep through the cracks like old oil stains, rusting all that was left

You were too dirty, too cheap

Too dirty, too cheap

For her careful plans

The seventh storey was always your escape, above the streets where the deals were made

Where shadows traded names

It was your spot, away from the neon signs

Away from the broken promises and their empty lines

But now the seventh storey\'s not yours to claim 

Taken over, by what you tried to outrun

The same faces you once avoided now fill the space

Their business leaking through the cracks like the brown, murky liquid that was always spilling from the ceiling

Was it water or was it waste?

It doesn\'t matter, it all looks the same when you\'re drowning

Since she left, your life\'s been sold in the same way,

Bit by bit, piece by piece, lost in the transaction of a love game gone cheap

From the seventh storey, you watched it fade

The seventh story was the one she made

Now it’s a page you can’t rewrite

Just another memory you lost to the light 

\"The top floor always felt so high, where the bright city lights blurred, and so did I

That frozen puddle where we started, cracked and dirty, where love departed

I stand there now, the air is thick with fumes and frost, but down there, it’s where we felt most lost

I take a step

Just one more slide, towards that slick, cold place where we used to adventure off

Where we used to hide

Maybe this time, I’ll let myself fall

Fall into the frozen, filthy pool

Where you began it all.\"