dance for the dead

Here's a song of regret
Here's a song so that I never forget
All of the things left unsaid

Here's a song of cerulean views
Here's a song of all the lullabies that I sang you
And all the old toys I kept that you all outgrew

I read about us in the news
"Strange local mother vanishes, her children do too"
"The only two left, eldest daughter and cook, declined to be interviewed"

Here's a dance for the dead
A masquerade for all the ghosts in my head
An orchestral accompaniment for all of the things unsaid

Here's a dance for the dead
A masquerade for all the ghosts in my head
Here's a song of regret

So I made my way out at dawn
Drove into town, pursued by pathways of sun
You stuck around, but by now you're gone

And they left under cover of night
Quick and methodical, quiet down the roads on their bikes
Hiding from even the moonlight

So now I've made it on my own
I've got a house, but it isn't a home
There's no going back, and I've been so alone

Here's a dance for the dead
A masquerade for all the ghosts in my head
An orchestral accompaniment for all of the things unsaid

Here's a dance for the dead
A masquerade for all the ghosts in my head
Here's a song of regret