Through the Night

Old man, I've seen your hands They steady one another In you lies a great king whose pride Is weeping like a wound Oh, that mighty fall changed the season Oh, you're fading everyday And I've come to be with you Old man, I clean your hands I hold them underwater You confide that in dreams you fly Where no one has ever been Through the night I wander I leave you when you're sleeping It's alright if you wake up And don't quite remember the world You don't remember the room you're in I find you sweating and cold and thin And I've come to be with you Old man, I've walked your land Been one end to the other While you, inside, remain death-defied Your body like a tomb Through the night I wander I leave you when you're sleeping It's alright if you wake up And don't quite remember the world You don't remember the one you have been Who are these figures that hem you in The night has come to be with you Through the night I wander I leave you when you're sleeping It's alright if you wake up And don't quite remember the world