The last words from your mouth Shook the rafters of this broken home and house They ricocheted off the walls And spent the next year tumbling through the spring and fall And in my ears I hear them still As steady as the land that you left when you told me That some day I'd understand You'd think I'd know by now What you meant by all those tattered sounds and vowels But even still they drift in me Every ounce of all that they could mean And when your wondering is through All your restless nights will look back at you and smile To show you that you're fine And she will kiss you through the night And hold you by the hand To remind you of a love that you'll just have to understand.