What Should We Do

In the hour before dawn

We both lie awake

Maybe it was the wine

Maybe it was the steak

I broke the silence

Of a sleep not completed

Asking a question

We often repeated

What should we do?

What should we do?

I reached for a layer

You reached for one, too

We asked ourselves

What should we do?

Flies buzzing in my ears

Won't leave me alone

A year without three words

Plenty of others thrown

You had been so icy cold

Or maybe you were boiling

That day I pressed a button

Missile, deploying

What should we do?

What should we do?

I put on my shirt

You put on yours, too

We asked ourselves

What should we do?

Early on we veered off track

Lost what we never had

Could've saved a bunch of time

You just blamed my dad

Stalled in decision

Do we try, do we not

Perhaps it's just the giving up

That will get us unstuck

What should we do?

What should we do?

I put on my pants

You put on yours, too

We asked ourselves

What do we do?

I once had a heart

A heart wide open

Those doors slammed shut

Alliance, broken

So I put on my jacket

You stayed in bed

And those were the last

Words that were said