She begged me “be careful, ‘cause this is a dream,
And this is the happiest you’ll ever be
And if you lose it now, you know I won’t be
Here when you wake up”
I tightened my fists and I clenched down my teeth,
Repeating to myself “you know what you’ve seen,
And if your rationale should fail you, oh, just trust it how it seems.”

It became too much to satisfy,
The pressure just to see you alive one last time
To fold it into shapes we’d all recognize
And I could keep it up if my palms would stay dry.

Remember the promises you made today
(and everything)
Remember the pattern your bedroom lights made
(takes away)
And all the colors in the world could not undo
This awful gray
(this anticipation, give us the strength, our will engraved)
Remember the timbre, the sound of my voice
(and all we’ve done)
Remember that out there you don’t have a choice
(save your soul)
And all the wishes you once held onto have
Burned out with the stars
(this intrepidation, courage to walk on wounded legs)

Let the darkness fall upon
Footsteps in the afterthought
Let us bathe deep in his blood, oh,
Did you see the scratches along the wall?
Did you see the dust trails map out our crawls?
Did you hear the lock turn above in the hall?

(There was time left to get this all undone)
Did you sleep well angel child?
Did you dream of being free?
Running in the fields behind our house
Where it would grow much too high
Your mother would cry
“Where’ve you gone off to?”

Did the moonlight keep you up?
Beautiful the scene, bars of light across your face
Through the cracks and imperfections
I’ll hold onto you

He would scream
(run a brush through your hair)
After every misery
(what a beautiful dress I’ve got for you)
When we couldn’t keep it from coming out
(why don’t you say a word?)
He will see.
(don’t you know what it does to me?)

Look into my eyes as deep as they go,
The both of us here is all that matters now
And I could feel it rushing in, and wouldn’t you know,
I woke up

Toss and turn, the cold set of sheets
You reach your tired arm
To touch the empty side and feel she’s still gone
And as you breathe as short as before
All at once you know what happened
And set out in the snow

Will it run from your veins, or will it spray from your hands, oh,
Will it cover my clothes for everyone to witness, or
Will it all fall away into the ground where you came from,
Dust to dust.

(We all will light this fire in honor of the slain
As air gives form to ashes, dust will rise above the flame
So we burn the stone to cinders, and the stone will snuff this flame,
Now the fuel that would feed us blows us out, amen)

Oh, when his eyes opened I was standing just beside the bed,
Before he could understand what happened
Dragged into the cave, so deep that he could never find his own way out,
And neither could I, but I don’t mind
You monster what will you do to me, but I’ve
Done nothing wrong
(lay your hands off)
I’ve done nothing
(take away)

You can be led to trust in lies, but you don’t get it
No-one loved them like I did, oh,
(let the darkness, let it swallow)
With the strength of twenty men
But simple as her smile
The knife went all the way in
Again and again
The earth started to shake,
Crumbling down
And the cracks ran to the ground

The caving in, and you ran
Fast as you could, but you could not
Run fast enough, oh, I know
You could hear it all through town
One limp arm left hanging down
Took three days to dig you out

You poor thing, only yourself a child
(and we will do)
The evil we’d marked you could not have come out
(all we can)
From your great hands, so please forgive us
For we know not what we do
(to be safe here from all of the plagues that we deserve)
We know the anguish that you’ve overcome
(your funeral)
And no one down here blames you for what you’ve done
(tailored suit)
And when you get up to Heaven will you be together there?
Pass on all our prayers,
We will hold you now
We’ll none of us let go
(Fit just like it should, only thing that ever fit right
Only thing that looked as nice
Only thing that you’ll ever wear)

And I could swear just before it came down upon him,
He knew just what he had done
Only heaven will know where he will go

The narrow path into the woods, led back to our house,
Light from the trees coming in.

We will not forget
We will always keep them,
The ones we haven’t yet come to really know
The ones we’d never meant to
The ones held underneath
The ones walking above
The ones who heard our footsteps
The ones we couldn’t help
The ones who gave it all
The ones who had it taken
The ones who had no choice
The ones we’d always love
The ones who’d never have us
The ones who always knew
The ones who held it close
The ones who still believe it
The ones that see right through
The ones who can’t let go
The ones who tell them over and over ‘til it goes
The ones we couldn’t keep
The ones we couldn’t shoulder,
The ones who weren’t home

(it used to be everyone’s home
The way it used to be, everyone’s home)

(You tried your best, oh we all know)

(Hope, hope, carry us, oh, breathe into us
Let our lungs fill, oh, let our eyes bleed
Give us the strength to crawl on wounded knees
Give us hope to turn around
Even though we know not what waits for us far behind
Let the rain fall, oh, let the earth shake
Oh, let it go, oh, let us go, let us go, let us go)