Recollect the Future

We watched cities burn
to ashes and urns
in our dreams we had said
nearly everyone's dead
we weren't the planners
we didn't take part
in the coordination
but we dropped the match
that lit the fuse
and for that
we get no compensation
and I must have had luck
cause I'm here with no scars
no burns and no marks
I hear nothing but rocks
whistling to the wind
about how the glass
will soon shatter
and nature will be free again
tell me what did I do
to deserve someone like you
when the world should end
you're holding my hand
saying we can start over again
please don't look so sad
but it's not regret
it's not the smell of death
it's not the trials
please I'm not upset
instead I'm amazed
that I'm the focus of your gaze
in a hundred different ways
I'm your only you say
and tears spring to my eyes
an apocalyptic cry
of what's been left behind
but rejoice in the call
of what we will find