Suzaku Avenue - Let's Pretend Lyrics

Please listen, I must explain
There was me, there was you and there was flickering flame
There were leaves and lies and there was rain
Which courses and swarms us all with comforting shame
For that flame sparks off an age of falling ash
Leaves dampen, rot, as we commence requiem mass
And lies, sometimes, so preferable to truth
Because it's easy sometimes to pretend I don't want you

I can see that we won't be
But I can always pretend
I know now without a doubt
There's no beginning, only the end
So let's pretend

Today I woke from Seroquel dreams and strangled screams
Today I saw the flame rise over the mountainside
Today I pretend to be young again
Now devoid of my youth, engulfed at high tide
The skies, the seeding ash, the aging stone
Were the colours of our eyes as they met
They all seemed to fade, day by day; but
Isn't the sunrise more beautiful because we know it shall set

I can see that we won't be
But I can always pretend
I know now without a doubt
There's no beginning, only the end
So let's pretend

The flame burns down to the wick
Down to the core and ignites the dead
The leaves merge and soar
As the breeze catches the smoke, catches the ash and spreads it upon us
Flakes splinter at the touch

So let's make an island where the violets grow
Where the newborn bodies can freely roam
Through the grass that catches the wind and lets it go
As the sky casts a purple glow
So we'll make this island but the grass will grow
And the tangled madness which is now our home
Soon these worn paths only our weary feet will know
And the sun sets and only embers glow

Ex flammis, qui semper arderent
Hi manes obscuri serpent
Per flumenes lucis intorquentes
Et omnes libros lente suffocatus iri

I can see that we won't be
But I can always pretend
I know now without a doubt
There's no beginning, only the end
So let's pretend