Some Sign of Life

I could say a thousand things each one nicer than the last,

And tell you how the die will be cast.

I could lock your youth away, I could bottle up your laugh—

I mean we’ll all need something to breathe in a couple days.

With fingers through the holes in your coat

And episodes you know by rote—

Remind me how they go.

Give me now a chance to settle in—

Again, begin.

Friend I’ve come to welcome you, it’s the middle of the end,

And in the middle of this night, we can pretend.

We can make a plan for forty years and a score or more.

We can say we know exactly what this has been for.

In tales you tell by firelight

We might find some sign of life,

With the epilogue in mind.

Give me now some room to understand,

Maybe hold my hand.

And I’ll give you the time to you needed then

To begin again.

Within you I find stories untold

Of coming days and worlds of old,

Of crashing cars and fates too bold.

Give me now the chance to settle in—

Again begin.

And I’ll give you the time you needed then

To begin again.

Give me now some room to understand,

Maybe hold my hand.

And I’ll give you the space to safely rest

And nothing less.

Give me now some sign of life,

And I'll give you my time.

Give me now some sign of life,

And I'll give you my time.

Give me now some sign of life,

And I will give you mine.

Give me now some sign of life,

And I will give you mine.

Give me now some sign of life,

And I will give you mine.

Give me now some sign of life,

And I will give you mine.

Give me now some sign of life,

And I will give you, I will give you mine.