So You Say

You say someday you’ll be gone
Faded, like bruises. Dried, like tears.
In a tone that only you could know,
And I believe.

How long until they take my mind apart?

It’s the same secret we keep
Waiting for the bells to ring, waiting for leave
And they ring
So loudly, they can’t be heard,
Can’t speak. Can’t see.

How long until they take my mind apart,
And lay me down dismembered?

You say we can never be what we were before
In a tone that only you can know
And we know
There are tearstains on the sheets.

How long until they take my mind apart
And lay me down dismembered?
How long until there’s nothing left of me,

We, at least sometimes, both understand
The way without words, the wall between
And we know
We can neer be young again
Growing old is a matter of minutes
And we grow.

I wait to hear the words.
So loud they can’t be heard, can’t speak, can’t see
But the words don’t come.
Rain speaks with the night outside
“Don’t cry till that’s the best of me”

How long until they take my mind apart
And lay me down dismembered?
How long until there’s nothing left of me,
Nothing best remembered?

Maybe this is the moment we will keep,
A dream half remembered a promise not to leave.