Consider Me Gone

There were rooms of forgiveness

In the house that we share

The space has been emptied

Of whatever was there

There were cupboards of patience

There were shelf-loads of care

But whoever came calling

Found nobody there

After today

After today

Consider me gone, gone, gone

Roses have thorns

And shining water's mud

And the cancer lurks deep

In the sweetest bud

Clouds and eclipses

Stain the moon and the sun

And history reeks

Of the wrongs we have done

But after today

After today

After today

Consider me, consider me gone

I've spent too many years

At war with myself

And my doctor has told me

It's no good for my health

To search for perfection

Is all very well

But to look for Heaven

Is to live here in Hell

After today

After today

After today

Consider me, consider me gone