I have your taste in my mouth
I find things you've forgotten
A scent that lingers in the room, like
Traces of those betrayals that we once hid
You taught me to dismiss
To take the day as it came
I taught you to leave me
I was a man you liked
I hear your voice when I drink
An echo of a better life
Once, longing was a daily bread
A sacrament--a holy time
You taught me to turn away from myself
To take the day as it came
I taught you to leave me
I was a man you liked
And I was one of others
Who came before, who came then
One of many men
One of many men
I wonder what they think
If their bodies ache still
Will it all come back again
Will it all come back again
You taught me to dismiss
To take the day as it came
The only way for me to get you
Was to never turn back
I taught you to leave me
I was a man you liked