Only The Now - Tom Robinson

Felt like I’d known you for all of my life

Long before you both arrived

Those black and white Polaroids signalled the shift

Before we looked into your eyes

The freedom to choose I was happy to lose

When freedom’s a prison with walls

You lifted the sentence that blighted my life

And captured me once and for all

The present seems endless as seconds slide by

And birthdays roll endlessly on

Familiar rituals year after year

Who could imagine them gone

Two brilliant stars shining under the tree

Two treasures we tucked up in bed

No home movie moments recapture the time

Or words that can not be unsaid

Only the now, there’s only the now

The moments roll on into days

There’s only the now, only the now

Don’t ever wish it away

Blink for a minute, an era has gone

All futures plunge into the past

That room full of echoes stands silent at night

Its emptiness suddenly vast

I love you forever, and long may you know

The comfort and joy that we’ve shared

And long may your laughter ring on in this world

Long after we’re no longer there

Only the now, there’s only the now

The moments roll on into days

There’s only the now, only the now

Don’t ever wish it away