Our love is dead
but the dead don’t go away
They made us what we are
They’re with us every day
Our love is dead
but the dead are still alive
in memory and thought
and the context they provide
I know enough’s enough
and you’re leaving
You’ve had enough time to decide
on your freedom
but I can still find some hope
to believe in love
Our love is dead
but the dead are here to stay
They made us what we are
They’re with us every day
In darkest night
their memory keeps us strong
and if our love is dead
it won’t be dead for long
I know enough’s enough
and you’re leaving
You’ve had enough time to decide
on your freedom
but I can still find some hope
2010. My parents died in 2008 and 2009 and their memory inspired this; the old romantic song notion that love never dies, because the memory of it lives on, expressing the physical absence of loved ones (and vice versa).