Raindrops In A Hurricane

Who am I?
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you
And I’m not telling you so disappear
I don’t need another face in my memory banks
So thanks but no thanks

The night falls in thick black drops to the concrete
Slowly soaking in the spaces where the blocks meet
Why is it strangers insist on talking
As though our shared hardship were a bond
Beyond an unfortunate coincidence
She sits down and begins to talk; I’m not listenin’
We are raindrops in a hurricane
And I pray to no one, just ignore me
We are background characters with nothing to say
Just running away in other people’s stories
We are only extras, I am not a plucky hero
I almost say it but I’m sure that she knows
If we froze in place alien
Archaeologists would mistake us for lovers
I ain’t got nothin’ to say, but she asks anyway
One nobody to another…

Who am I?
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you
This road is paved in good intentions dear
And as we travel along
Our only destination is to disappear

Who am I?
You wouldn’t believe me if I told you
And you’d have good reason, but listen here
It won’t make a difference either way
So here’s a story before we disappear:

Whatever’s going on started with the government
She was one of them, but she wasn’t one of them
He was another friend, then became more
Though he was marines and she was air force
A fish and a bird can fall in love
But where will they build their nest?
They found a nice spot uptown love found a way
Through the sickness, the bills and stress
Nevertheless, he’d call her the one
And she’d smile the kind of smile children draw on the sun
The soldier and the scientist
I’ll admit, it’s not exactly a fairy tale environment
The base, the basement, the complex
The case study, the case and the contents
A quarantine too little too late
He could see where her fingernails had clawed away paint
And he still sees her face
In every crowd, every back country café
And every checkpoint, every step that he takes
It’s kept him awake, because it didn’t have to be this way
See he’s immune, she may have been too
But security forces shoot first
They never got a chance to ask questions
She never got a chance to run
And he never got a chance to hurt
He keeps movin’