Seven

The sun sets over the city
The sky glows yellow and red
And summer draws to an end
The laughing lovers hold each other close
Knowing that they soon must part
Their separate worlds may never intersect
For he has a family
A wife and a baby
And she lives a thousand miles away
He whispers as they dance,
"Don't think about tomorrow
Right now there's only today."

Her flight is booked for the next morning
And he'll go back to work
In that cold steel high rise
Same old same old same old grind
Searching for something he'll never find

They want the night to last forever
If only they could freeze the moment
And forever keep it safe
In an unbreakable glass case
The world would go on spinning
Rain might fall
But they wouldn't know it at all
They'd be dancing in the starlight
And everything would be all right

He kisses her good-bye
In the shadows of the street
She tries hard not to cry.
"It's not the end.
We'll meet again someday" he says
"I promise you it's true.
I'll keep you here inside my heart
No matter what I do.
I love you, and only you."

Morning dawns bright and new
The city wakes under a blanket of blue
She rises with the sun
And packs her bags
Thinking of him.
Beyond her hotel window
In the street below
The metropolis comes alive
But she feels dead inside.

She's going to be late
She runs to catch a taxi
Pushing through the crowds of people
Faceless masses
Meaningless to her

Suddenly
Someone screams
"Look up there!"
A million eyes turn to the sky
And the buildings shining bright
In the morning light
She sees it happen
Watching in terror
Hoping
Praying
It's some sort of error

He goes to work early
On Floor Ninety-Three
It's his boss's orders
To make up for lost days.
He files papers left askew
Wondering why it has to be this way,
Why love cannot be true,
Why no one ever sees that he's
Longing to be free, wonderfully free.
He looks out the window
And sees the glint of a metal monster
Growing larger and larger
Speeding faster and faster
He closes his eyes
But there's no time to cry
When the impact comes
And rips apart his dreams
Her face is the last thing he sees

The smoke chokes the sun
And the ashes rain in the street
As the towers fall.
She runs, clutching her heart
While the world is being torn apart
Her mind takes her back
To the night before
Walking with him
Through these same streets
Now stained with blood and gore.
The people hang their heads
In bitter defeat
Nothing will ever be the same
But who's the one to blame?

How could anyone have known?
When Fate runs its course
And Destiny is shown
Who comes out for the worse?
What of all the innocent ones
Dancing in the light of the sun?
Twirling through the blue
To golden towers in the sky
While those they loved
Live with tears in their eyes and
Empty spaces in their hearts?
With old lives we all must part
For a new era is about to start.