Past Of A Saint (we Were Thieves)

"We were just kids"

...at least that's what we knew we'd say.

Old enough to know better

Smart enough to know that we didn't have to

Stupid enough to think it didn't matter

And vain enough to think

It never would

We were living stolen lives

But it was only time

Someone found us out-

Someone had to pay,

And you were dead either way

I keep living a stolen life.

I live

Because I let you die.

I thought I'd hear you

Call me in the darkness

I always thought I'd see you at my worst-

My most desperate.

But I never dreamed I'd see you

In the summer,

In the bluest skies I'd ever seen.

In perfect places with strange names

A moon so bright

I didn't need a flame.

In beautiful words I didn't understand

I still see you

Reaching out your hand

In the quietest times,

When I realize just how lucky

I have been.

When I let myself be happy, if only for a moment

(Pray for me)

And I know

Didn't deserve it.