Five minutes to midnight In the hospital We pull out the plug You had a long life after all I calmly lay my rose on your chest On your old wedding dress And everyone I know and now you too Are dead.
I blow out the candles I let the smoke rise To the sealing Out in the night With a glass of Grant’s in my right hand On our bed all one Sixteen years since you laughed back I still haven’t let go
I ride the wave until the winds are dead
Ten minutes to midnight In the hospital You lay so peacefully You lay so calm Trying to push the words out of your mouth Staring at me You whisper: “Hold my hand Until the winds set me free”
I’ll ride the waves until the winds are dead And when the winds are dead we’ll lift up our wings And fly until we drop dead again.