[Lyric] Checkerboard Red (Children Having Children)

[Verse 1]
After all this wasted rain
Just got a flicker of the sun
It scared me
We rarely get to end what we've begun

[Verse 2]
The torments of my faith are gone for good
But I'm eager to trust the flame and fallout
From your pain and lust
I've shaken off the cobwebs
And we've painted over all the rust

[Chorus 1]
We're here at last without the past

[Verse 3]
Come on baby
Take these cardboard boxes
Wake your fears
Today wе unpack our belongings
Spread so thin over thе years
You're insisting that space is a compatriot
But time is still your enemy
[Chorus 2]
The hours, the stars
You are

[Verse 4]
I say we ride that wave until it ends
It's alright to bend away from heaven
Just acquaint my shadow with the light

[Chorus 3]
You were
You were
You were
You are
You are