Slope

The summer nights grew longer before my eyes

And suddenly it was fall

And it was like I hadn't seen you at all

And we can never go back

The quiet life's the life for me

I'll die quietly

But that's a lie

God knows I don't wanna die

Don't let my boy

See his old man cry

If I can't change for you

Then I can't change at all

My life defined by slope

Delineating a free fall

The grass shrinks

From cooler breeze

And murmurs half-hearted pleas

That it knows no one will hear

Kinda reminds me of me

There was a spark in your eye

Only to find it can't be returned

Have you resigned yourself

To your loss

Me I can't forget how it burned

If I can't change for you

Then I can't change at all

My life defined by slope

Delineating a free fall