If You Can't Say You Know Me

Slowly, then sudden
Uninvited in the night
Thieves stole sixty years of our lives
You hated like poison your limbs when they failed
But this scares me more than a body that's frail
Terrified of feeling so weak
Tears are spilling down both your cheeks
Begging for light to break through
Reveal to you who just said
"If you can't say you know me, just hold me instead"
Pleading for a flicker of recognition in your eyes
Am I somewhere fighting flames in your mind?
What can I keep safe before the collapse?
When our wedding reel tape has burned down to ash?
Memories fall out with your hair
Let me treasure what remains there
Tell me you know that I care
But don't recall where we met
And if you can't say you know me, just hold me instead
Hope is like a balloon
That I can cling onto
Taking me higher than I want to go
And when it will burst, I fall back to earth
Left to confront what deep down I know
Tell me Lord, make me understand
Why I still love half of this man
I'll fluff your pillows and keep you warm when I leave your bed

But if you can't say you know me, just hold me instead
If you can't say you know me, just hold me instead