from Unreleased

The time between the lightning and the thunder,
The time to wait before her fate arrives
She looks out at the sky and starts to wonder
If a miracle might let it pass her by
The time it takes the pain of it to reach her,
The moment that her world is blown apart
The wisdom in the silence there to teach her,
His time had been this precious from the start
The bullet changes everything and nothing
Gunshots will echo down the block
This life, this could have been something
The door that he was running for was locked
Chorus:
She's in the time between the lightning and the thunder,
Before the shock can hit that this is real
The disbelieving spell she's falling under,
And the time it takes before her heart can feel
She says:
Oh my love
It's all right
I'm right here
You're just asleep now
Oh my love
Here's my coat
You're so cold
Beside the street now
The time it takes to die in some old western
Is time enough to tell where gold is hid
Time enough to answer one last question,
Pass the map and compass to the kid
But this time there is nothing like that virtue
Just stillness in the heart that used to beat
The darkness that she is falling into
Is spreading on the pavement at her feet
Chorus:
She's in the time between the lightning and the thunder,
Before the shock can hit that this is real
The disbelieving spell she's falling under,
And the time it takes before her heart can feel
She says:
Oh my love
Here's my coat
You're so cold
Beside the street here
Oh my love
It's all right
I'm right here
You're just asleep here
The time between the lightning and the thunder
The time between the lightning and the thunder

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