Not One Another

The warning lights turned every window red The last ship waited while the skyline bled My sister’s hand was locked inside my own Then someone fell between us and the road The doors began to close, the engines cried I turned back once, and so did those behind No names, no flags, no time to choose Only the hands we would not lose We lost the world, not one another Through falling fire, we pulled each other No Golden Age, no safe tomorrow Still I will carry half your sorrow Let heaven break and cities smother We lost the world, not one another A mother passed her baby through the crowd A wounded man kept calling people out We tore the rails to hold the doorway wide While blackness rolled like oceans through the sky The ship could never take us all away So those who stayed helped strangers reach the bay No gods replied, no towers stood We did the only thing we could We lost the world, not one another Through falling fire, we pulled each other No Golden Age, no safe tomorrow Still I will carry half your sorrow Let heaven break and cities smother We lost the world, not one another Maybe no one writes our names Maybe dawn forgets our faces But when the dark erased the map We became each other’s places And if this is our final light Hold mine until it leaves your eyes We lost the world, not one another I found my home beneath the rubble No Golden Age, no safe tomorrow Still love was more than fear could swallow Let heaven break and cities smother We lost the world, not one another The last ship rose The old world fell Your hand stayed warm That was enough