Garden of the Ashes

Inspired by the movie script ending our story never had.
For Anne, forever ago.

Written and performed by Dylan Owen
Produced by Skinny Atlas
Music by Skinny Atlas
Recorded at Stand Up Sound by Ernesto Valenzuela
Mixed by Billy Centenaro
Mastered by Chris Gehringer

When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
We will not be strangers anymore...
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
When we meet again
When we, when we meet again
We will not be strangers anymore...

When we meet again
It might be New York or the city of the rain
Or maybe not until our next life
And if so, then I get closer to you every day
Cuz ever since we started
We built ourselves a garden
That somehow got filled with flames
And I feel like a liar now
For six years I’ve tried and found
A song that brings tears to your eyes won’t put this fire out
Instead, it only makes it burn harder
Only makes it hurt stronger
Only makes it last longer
Only makes me sure that my words
That once were pure by now have turned somber
Once they turn up on your front lawn
And I’m still trying to process
Everything I cared for
I’m still looking for your face on strangers in an airport
If it all comes down to a ticket I haven’t purchased yet
Then I’m afraid I’ll still be searching...when

When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let this go but we’ve reached the end
And if we never return
I’ll just stand here forever and burn
...Burn, burn.
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
So if we never return,

I’ll just stand here forever
With my hands on my chest and I’ll...

Burn
The only way we know how
I’ll burn right through my clothes now
Burn like the emotions that we’ve grown out of
Burn like the fires in your Colorado hometown
Burn like your brother in the hospital
Burn like my grandfather when we had to watch him go
Burn like that empty space when you don’t have an answer
Burn like that feeling when you lose someone you love to —
All the forbidden words that hit you first
Life went easy on us most of the time but it didn’t work
Enough to bend my feelings back,
Enough that I could live and learn
Enough to know you're happy now
And that just makes me insecure
Well hallelujah
All I learned from love was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya,
And you did first
If I could fit our biographies into six words
I
Would

Not

Be

This
Hurt

When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let this go but we’ve reached the end
And if we never return
I’ll just stand here forever and burn
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
So if we never return,

I’ll just stand here forever
With my hands on my chest and I’ll... Burn

This song is dedicated
To anyone who’s ever been kept awake with some unbearable loss
Just living there in their thoughts
That won’t die
No matter how hard you try slamming the door
And as I finally start to walk away, you can’t hear me at all
So goddamnit Annie, I know it’s terrible for us
But it’s been great
My words are dead weight
And I’ll carry the corpse until my muscles tear
I’ll jump in there and I’ll bury the torch that burns
You know me — I want that movie scene ending
Where I’m sprinting down the airport, pumped, bearing it all
Married or not, up in paradise I’m prepared to be wrong
But almost positive you’re proud of the space that you’ve spared in your heart
So here I am again, I’m clearly alone
Running down the aisle with my miracle song
Here I am again, Anne, I’m clearly alone
Running down the aisle with my miracle song

When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
And if we never return
I’ll just stand here forever and burn
One last time!
When we meet again, when we when we meet again
I don’t want to let you go, but we’ve reached the end
So if you never return,
I’ll just stand here forever
Every chance that I get to
And burn.