Assembly

Recall the moment, a lesser feeling

I felt heavy about everything last January

Swells of warmth leave my body cold

Is it you standing at my door?

A grand assembly of long time friends fill a room full of empathy

I could've used a drink or two or three

When I knelt down beside the casket I wept into my jacket

You were always stronger than you seemed

Heaven knows you're stronger than me

Give us grace to lull our souls

An iron empire inside your bones

I am so frail and want you to know I love you so

And that is all the truth I know

That a man must protect his child

But the world has darker roads than we both know

These days pass us by and we die slow

But time goes on and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on

It goes on and on, and on, and on, and on

Swimming backwards I swear I couldn't catch my breath

Lost my marbles in a haze of what you said

In front of you sharing stories of lust and youth

As Robert's "love song" echoed throughout the room

Give us grace to lull our souls

An iron empire inside your bones

I am so frail and want you to know I love you so

And that is all the truth I know

That a man must protect his child

But the world has darker roads than we both know

(We didn't know)