The Gone
Down, down down
Down beneath where you thought the bottom ends
Down where there ain't even one spec of light
Where the weight of the water will give you the bends
They say what if the dark is the cave where we're born?
What if the dark is the way we transform?
Oh but what if the dark don't mean nothin'
'Cept it ain't the dawn
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Stay gone
Stay gone
I bind your book with twine
Then go to the river like the witches said
I make a sign that means don't you come back
Then I throw it down off of the ledge
What if I'm cursed? What if I'm blessed?
What if there's nobody else who comes next?
Oh what if this all don't mean nothin'
'Cept there's nothing left
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Stay gone
Stay gone
If you ain't gonna fade
Guide my way, guide my way
Oh my ghost of the waves
Am I drowned or am I saved?
Are you my faith?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Stay gone
Stay gone
Down beneath where you thought the bottom ends
Down where there ain't even one spec of light
Where the weight of the water will give you the bends
They say what if the dark is the cave where we're born?
What if the dark is the way we transform?
Oh but what if the dark don't mean nothin'
'Cept it ain't the dawn
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Stay gone
Stay gone
I bind your book with twine
Then go to the river like the witches said
I make a sign that means don't you come back
Then I throw it down off of the ledge
What if I'm cursed? What if I'm blessed?
What if there's nobody else who comes next?
Oh what if this all don't mean nothin'
'Cept there's nothing left
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Stay gone
Stay gone
If you ain't gonna fade
Guide my way, guide my way
Oh my ghost of the waves
Am I drowned or am I saved?
Are you my faith?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Why don't the gone stay gone?
Stay gone
Stay gone
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Writer(s): Karen Pittelman
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