why does it all have to end
why can't it go on forever and ever
why do we make the decisions we do
why do we rape pillage and plunder
why does the heart have to break
why do our hopes have to drift asunder
why can nothing be explained
why am i searching why do i wonder

chorus
i believe i recall a certain refrain
it takes me back further than i could ever remember

love is a burden, a blessing a curse a promise beginning an ending a verse
in a poem we've recited so many times rehearsed


verse 2
where will we end up
alberta's mountains, new mexico's desert
taste the crisp fall air
brace for the winter like a child who's grown old

so quickly it seems
yesterday drifted tomorrow's almost past
i'll try to hold on to every moment as long as i can

chorus 2

i believe i recall a certain refrain
it takes me back further than i could ever remember

love is a burden, a blessing a curse a promise beginning an ending a verse
in a poem we've recited so many times rehearsed

a weight a buoy a raft an anchor
an ocean between a stream to the river
a feeling that burns that you've never been seen