The Black & the Blue - Ryan O'Reilly

I was lost and you were trying to help me

Though I could swear the place was right round here before

With confidence I told you I remember

Even though I knew you knew I wasn’t sure

You whispered one day this would be my city

But it wasn’t yet and we both understood

As you attempted to translate what I just told you

Then you said it better than I ever could

On a bridge in the evening mist

Gypsies and evangelists

Walk past the Saints and the Angels and us

As the Sun sets and reveals the night

I tried to find the words but couldn’t quite

As you held your breath the silence grew

In the darkest black and the deepest blue

I lead you up the stairs into the bedroom

Where a poet died many years ago

And a vision of the life then flashed before me

That I could not hold but don’t want to let go

On a bridge in the evening mist

Gypsies and evangelists

Walk past the Saints and the Angels and us

As the Sun sets and reveals the night

Dying stars crown old street lights