It was familiar and it was carried off No one here wants to talk about it Anymore He kept the promise That he struggled to make to me Before my own timely departure Through the door
How did you know? That you’re very out of tears? Be the river that you’d follow by and by How will we go? When suddenly the years Slowly drifting past Force the question: “Why?”
I surrendered Like you promised me I would I did it while swimming through the river Saying every prayer is answered While we were running out of time And probably never the same old twilights
It was innocent And it carried us away A slippery kind of playground We asked for In a breeze when sun detected A sound so soft Came our unlikely surrender To the storm
But maybe we weren’t Brushed out by waving light And curiously rambling As they took him by surprise
I only said good night No need to wish him well As I fought, the message reached out We found Every prayer is answered And we were smoldered toward the end
And probably Not quite Healing will intend
How did you know? That you’re very out of tears Be in the river That you drink from by and by
How will we fall? When suddenly they appear Slowly drifting past Now force the question “Why?”
It was familiar And we welcomed you with open arms And you carried him away But not so far He’s all of my been-and-“did he?” times And well-rehearsed way out And he was everything he told me Now quickly tumbling down
He kept through his promise That struggled to make to me I surrender If he leaves…