Eight Letters

We became the parade on the streets that we once cleaned
Expendable soldiers smiling at anything
Raised on a feeling our lives would have meaning eventually.

We were once the answer and then you discover
You're actually just one thing after another
And what was the question?
And why was the lesson so deafening?

This is all that matters now
And that was all that happened anyhow
You can look back but don't stare
Maybe I can love you out of there.

And when I went away
What I forgot to say
Was all I had to say
Eight letters, three words, one meaning.

And outside forces didn't make it easy
So I thought I'd go before you leave me
Self-preservation was no explanation for anything.

Oh but the truth is more than we'll ever comprehend
I'm just starting to understand my friend
All of that distance
Cos I fell in love with the enemy.

This is all that matters now
And that was all that happened anyhow
You can look back but don't stare
Maybe I can love you out of there.

And when I went away
What I forgot to say
Was all I had to say
Eight letters, three words, one meaning.

And when I went away
What I forgot to say
Was all I had to say
Eight letters, three words, one meaning.

At last we meet on no man's land
Just footprints in the sand
We meet on no man's land
At last.

And when I went away
What I forgot to say
Was all I had to say
Eight letters, three words, one meaning.

And when I went away
What I forgot to say
Was all I had to say
Eight letters, three words, one meaning.

One meaning
Just one meaning.