Beyond The Sky

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I pause to take a quick breath, and let the instrumental of the song play in my head. After some time I begin to sing:

"I never meant to say I love you

I never meant to lead you on

But sometimes pride can get the best of me

And drag the rest of me along..."

Lance joins me with the next two verses.

    "We leave behind the stains of battle

We count the dead and grieve the loss

A civil war without a victor,

I never really cared about the loss."

"If there's a town beyond the sky

Where they greet you by and by

I will stay down here and hide

No, I will never meet you in the light."

I stop to let Lance do the next verses on his own.

    "I found the door that leads to nothing

I crossed the threshold once or twice

But there was nothing in the nothingness

Not just the absence of light."

"There was a whisper in the shadows

There was writing on the wall

And soon the curtains had been drawn apart

I braced my body for the fall..."

I joined him again to repeat the chorus.

"If there's a town beyond the sky

Where they greet you by and by

I will stay down here and hide

No, I will never meet you in the light."

Lance stops and lets me do my last verse.

    "Please forgive me if I'm broken

It wasn't you who lit the spark,

I've glued the pieces back together,

As many times as I've fallen apart..."

We do our last verse together, as it's similar to the chorus.

        "If there's a town beyond the sunrise

I hope they let you through the door

But me, I'm walking down the darker road

At least I know what lies in store."

I smile as we end the song. Lance would look at me and smile too. "That was beautiful."

"I know!" I squeal. "We sound so good."

"I'm glad I'm your soulmate now," he admits, "because I don't know what I would've done with one that's not as talented as you."

I hum softly, slightly blushing at the comment. "I'm glad I'm yours, too."