TEN YEARS ARE NOTHING
Ten years are nothing when I'll never see you again
In the fall,
Or in the evening hours,
Or when the sun rises from the dead
When the winter comes,
In the freezing wind,
When your ashes turn to stone
Charging to the Plaid,
In the snow,
I know I'll be alone
Without your words in my ear,
In my sorrow here,
Somehow you were born again in my fear
In a chamber deep inside my head,
There'll be another summer, you said
Where times like now will make us sing
And forever,
In ten years,
Still
People talk about happiness,
Its power to change
But it won't work on me,
Won't work on me,
And maybe I'm to blame
'Cos this overwhelming grief is not something I can take or leave,
Take or leave
When death can make me smile,
Like you want it to
Maybe then I'll know or feel like I'll know what to do
Still my love for you will make me sing,
Forever,
Where ten years are nothing.
Portland, 2011