You were water

First time we met, my hands shook by the cup
Coffee going cold as the night opened wide
Secrets we traded till the dawn came up
Two hearts learning slow, with nothing left to hide

First kiss, and the innocent laughter we'd share
Time standing still just to watch us a while
I wanted you with that beautiful, reckless care
Of someone who still believes, and just smiles

You were water, slipping through my hand
You were summer, you were sea, you were what never stayed
And I dive back into all that we were
You leave everything, but in me you remain
Whoever walks away like that stays caught in the end

A golden day, warm sand beneath our naked feet
The beach was crowded, but only you were there
Your smile could make the whole wide world feel sweet
And I never knew how much was mine to lose somewhere

Your wet hair carrying the scent of the Sun
A happy tear hiding low, behind your eye
It was in the cold water of that waterfall
That you smiled at me for the very last time

You were water, slipping through my hand
You were summer, you were sea, you were what never stayed
And I dive back into all that we were
You leave everything, but in me you remain
Whoever walks away like that stays caught in the end

Then came the silence, cruel and with no face
Messages read that never came back again
The echo of nothing screaming in that empty space
While I searched for your name in every sign and then

I went back to the beach, but the Sun looked dead
I dove alone in the pool that you'd left behind
I went back to the waterfall that cold winter instead
The rocks still remembered the smile in your eyes
That same place that once held my final joy
Was the one that taught me how to fall

If love was all that, then why does it survive?
If it's over, why does it still live on in me?
Where is that smile from the early morning light?
Why did the one who swore forever
Leave me with nothing but the ache of the end?

You were water, slipping through my hand
You were summer, you were sea, you were what never stayed
And I dive back into all that we were
You leave everything, but in me you remain
Whoever walks away like that
Leaves the soul held still in the moment of the end