When we first met I was frightened
Cause she got barbed wire brows
She was young enough to love
Solemn as a wedding vow
I always tried to get close to her
Through her locked up eyes
Later on she opened up a world of diamond
skies And the biggest mistake of it all
Was to make that girl my wife
So much too late
Now she's gone to a different life
And I'm left here
with my fate
I remember when she left
Her makeup at my place
I was tangled up
in useless stuff And I overlooked her grace
While the leaves trickled down the trees We had a congruent life
Anyhow I didn't realize the science I just closed my eyes
The biggest mistake of it all
Was to make that girl my wife
So much too late
Now she's gone to a different life
And I'm left here
with my fate
And I cried for her at her bedside
Yet she was unable to speak
She was pale as a sheet
And she better arrive, it's one last time
Just before the rising tide
Just before the rising tide
The possibility of death
I never took into account
Now I have to face the bitterness Of an unworn wedding gown
I imagined telling stories To my unborn son
How his mother was a fighter And a winner all but once
And the biggest mistake of it all Was to make that girl my wife
So much too late
And now she's gone to a different life
And I'm left here
with my fate
And I cried for her at her bedside Yet she was unable to speak
She was pale as a sheet And she better arrive,
it's one last time
Just before the rising tide
Just before the rising tide
Just before the rising tide
Just before the rising tide