Paul Bell

The Past

You still live in the past

Like some old crutch dragging you further to your knees

Wake Up, I know what you see

The blood soaked underwear was just life, primal

The vultures stopped circling years ago

They died as well

Just like the love, remember

New horizons, that’s what they say

Make the distance pay

Yet, here we are again

Broken people

Glue us back together

The cracks still show

I once thought, build a three-storey house

Me at the top, you at the bottom, love in the middle

That way we both get a bit of something

Wouldn’t that be great

Few years from now

You walk up the stairs

Love is waiting

Wouldn’t that be great

Just don’t climb any higher

You left the past behind, remember.