The Answer Is No Lyrics

there are no combination of words
that would truly tell the story of what was
but still i'll document it in song
so there exists proof we were here

the first verse will detail how we met
and from there how greetings had blossomed into
a world that we built with hearts and hands
and maintained with willing sacrifice

but father time will grasp this life
and take it away eventually
now at least there will be this chorus to
march in our stead

and if the world should ever burn
now there would at least be remnants
of the time we shared
within these words
that survived each our lifetimes

and should the world return one day
then they may be shocked to find that
this was all that lived
through days long gone:
a song we wrote about a song

the second verse will heavily stress
the importance of leaving something behind
if not for feeling part of this world
then knowing you tried to change it

the thought that this earth could lumber on
without ever knowing about all you gave
is something i cannot comprehend
and so in these notes you will live on

but sometimes songs can go unheard
and yearn as they may, they're never found
but let the second chorus awaken
both of our hopes

so should the sea be frozen still
well, one day the sun could melt it
and within the ice
exists our lives
upon sheet music we rest

and should it's roots regrow one day
then they will be traceable to
early in july
a summer night
held what inspired this, so

do you remember when we stayed up all night
and looked at the fireworks lighting the sky
and wondered if we would ever have shone so bright as they
if we hadn't met?
well... the answer is no