Out of the Ruins - Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo

It began as a summer just like the rest

Hopeful and filled with emotion

Lovers enjoying their sweet conquests

Pledging undying devotion

He felt the warm winds encircle his heart;

Softly, gently caressing all of his being

Every part, his love for her was unending

She was all that he dreamed of all of his life

For her there was no other

Happy were they as man and wife

Happy were they that summer

But all that it seemed was not meant to be,

The world was lost in indifference

And what began as a small incident ended up as hell

Then without warning all that they knew

Everything they’d been together was taken away,

Swift and cruel on that terrible night in summer

Out of the ruins he called her name

Echoing over and over

Silently waiting, but no one came

Out of the ruins that summer

But all that it seemed was not meant to be The world was lost in indifference

And what began as a small incident ended up as hell

Out of the ruins he walked alone

Empty and broken forever

With nothing left but the sweet memory

Of how it began that summer