Allen and the Jar of Memories

Be grateful for how many turns you get
For some only seem to get a few
The fabric of life is ever so fragile
Fray it too much and it will come undone
I've learned much through pain and loss
Whether enough to save myself is unsure
For no one knows the hour of calling
Regardless of health or safe security

We were gonna live forever you and I
As we spent late nights dreaming in my car
We were young, future rulers of our world
Nothing could or would ever separate us
Something we held for what seemed eternity
Time however, is relentless, an undefeated foe
We soon woke up in the present days yeah
Unsure of why everything had went so fast

Our great adventure became a road of pain
The same things that troubled you, haunted me
And as I jumped from the train I grasped you
Yet I suppose we had not arrived at your stop
I waved my flag while you waved me on
The smile though, one that could light a room
Never left your gaze, nor did those two fingers
Wagging in the face of a broken world, defiant

Escaping without you will never seem fair
Like winning a race but forgetting why you ran
I must remember Gods' reasons are not my own
His ways are good, yet serve an eternal goal
Unlike the temporal one we all tend to cling to
So do not forget your way, nor lose your purpose
For the days are long for only a little while
Live well, Love much, and smile because he did

Slow it Down

Hit the brakes, Just a little
Make it stop, I don't want to go
Are we there yet, It's already over
Just a glimpse, a bunch at once
I'm look over my shoulder

I wanna remember, How it felt
We had to get married, now two babies
One not so much, not anymore
Please slow down, Please don't rush
I'm trying to find my video camera

Before it was beach cabins, infinite bliss
Anything I would give, For that Sun's kiss
Time I gave away, years or more
To waste and fear, nothing concrete
I Woke up to find it was all a dream

But to my babies, Stay just this way
There is no rush, nowhere we must go
Trap time, Put it in a bottle
To my wife, we must stay up late
Drain every drop out of these days

When there will be no more, I'll fuss
I won't go, I'll ask for seconds
Tomorrow though, it's not yet
So come now here, let us not fret
We can read that book you wanted again