Only Alive

I'm only alive when I’m flying She said to me With eyes like a sunset And a voice like the sea And I could barely contain The flood of feelings Dammed up inside So I cast my eyes away And swore to help her see But she was too blind As she exhaled grey smoke And reached to touch me To know I was there But how could I be Caught in the sadness The bleakness The madness Of a life left unlived So tragically beautiful So broken and serene She could never be free.