Checkmate

If I placed every second spent thinking of you
 Every second spent trying to forget you
 Every second in sleep haunted by you
 Every prayer said
 Every word written
 Every tear shed
 Side by side
 I'd have spent a lifetime with you.
 And what remains when there is no other move?
 Do you lie down and die?
 Do you get up and run?
 Round the globe, out of breath and out of means
 Running in vain
 You're always running in vain
 There's no running when you've committed a sin
 Lest there be one to punish or forgive
 Checkmate.
 Take the knife
 Take my heart
 Let the heavy weight on my heart take flight
 Having been a part of me for oh so many years
 I feel extraordinarily light
 This is how it must be in space
 Weightlessness.