Perennial

There you are, just out of reach
Float past my fingertips and wake me from the dream
Fall, Autumn leaves, fall
I will not weep for you
I'm not so naive anymore
No, I'm not so naive anymore...
Low light sets the scene so well
Trading yellows for the greens
Fall over us all
Bury the summer
And don't leave a trace of her smile.

It's not so convincing a show
Especially now that I know that you'll come back again
I know that you'll come back again
And where will you be when I call?
When it's cold and our shadows grow tall?
I'm only the boy that cried wolf...
Said the beast will devour us all...

Sad, sad little souls caught in the wind
Fly, fly far away
Never to be seen again
I felt the wind sting my eyes.
Did you?
I heard their rustling cries...
And it sounded familiar, almost like listening to you

Speak to me
I know that there are things that you never let anyone see
Insecure
If you ever get lonely, just know that I'll always be yours
This feeling's perennial

But who am I to catch your eye?
To take the air out your lungs?
To make you smile?
To make you think of me lovingly?
No
I'm no hero...
And who am I to make you mine?
To put your name in a song?
To prove you wrong?
To imagine us sharing a life?
Who am I?

Fall, Autumn leaves, fall
Over us all
Autumn leaves fall
I will not weep for you...
Eventually everything falls.