Unwind - Latin Quarter

You measured by certainties that didn’t exist

You accepted forever when you barely had kissed

In a town at a time of a peace that no-one could find

The silk mills, the anthills, the tendrils,

Began to Unwind

You were keeping your balance but losing your feet

Living the gulf between a drum and a beat

It never stopped running, the blood of the contract you signed

The weak wills, the nerve pills, the treadmills,

Began to Unwind

You knew how many fractures make up a big break

But it took without giving and left you to shake

Forging ahead but somehow always falling behind

The cheap thrills, the stand stills, the bar bills,

Began to Unwind

A lover too late after a premature wife

Touching the limits of a limitless life

In the teeth of a gale as it bit and started to grind

The saw mills, the drink spills, the untils,

Began to Unwind

You measured by certainties you only invented

In a life that you paid for but still only rented

You figured that leaving was kinder than being unkind

The wind chills, the windmills, the free wills,

Began to Unwind