Rest

I don't know how I'll live without you
All I can do is think about you
And I hope, on this road
that I'll cope on my own

Tempers flare in the winter air
So cold... but I know
That you'll keep me warm

Sitting in your chair with your picture wishing you were here
As I write this, I'm thinking that you're there
On a night just like this on the other side
Writing to me, whisper in my ear if you can hear me
Missing you so dearly but visiting you yearly's ridiculous
I'm thinking, is this supposed to cheer me up
Tearing up, pouring beer in a cup
And for what? So I can be numb? See I'm stuck
'Cause I'd rather feel the pain than forget you
Maybe I'll stay to say what I didn't get to
I want to cherish every memory from the day that I met you
To the day that I let you go
Hearing angry parents express their stress with
Death threats and talk of debts met and thoughts
That interfere with matters that really mattered in here
Like why we were sitting there just listening at the stairs
Hearing every argument topic from business to affairs
When you held me near to help me with a prayer
Now, all I ever hear is the ripple of their tears
Life is short and I can't afford to be living it in fear
I've become like your spitting image and with the years
It's almost like I can catch a glimpse of you in the mirror
The vision is crystal clear, so vivid as if you're here
But just as quick as you're there, I flinch and you disappear
I'm timorous like a deer; this feeling I grin and bear all alone
On the phone, is it you that I hear
I wonder if these wounds will soon repair
Until then, these illusions are my souvenirs

Rest now, my dearest friend
One day, we will meet again
When it's my time
Rest now and lay your head
To the Earth and I'll see you in the end
Not until my work is done

Rest now, my dearest friend
I swear I won't forget you
Our story will pick up where it left off
When we meet again

Riding in the hearse with you
Sitting beside each other for the final time and it hurts
But you always told me to stay strong so I remain calm
As the rainfall symbolizes change
Just a minor pain
'til it increases with each step creeping until I'm freezing cold
As roses are being thrown and the grief's approaching me
I see some folks just reach for phones and speak in tones with humour
Then it hits me
The world's already moved on
Sympathetic, yes, but yet it doesn't stop for too long
Like audiences who listen then it's off to a new song
From the twilight skyline emerges a new dawn
And in the silence, only you can feel it's loud
And when it's brightest, only you can see the clouds
This is my letter to heaven in a song
To say we're not together but not apart
'Cause you're forever in my heart.

Marked on your headstone
Are the words I never told
I never knew how
But I wanted you to know

Marked on your headstone
Is the love I couldn't show
I never knew how
But I wanted you to know

Rest your head and lay down
Rest your head and lay
Lay down, lay down
Rest your head and lay

Rest now, my dearest friend
One day, we will meet again
When it's my time
Rest now and lay your head
To the Earth and I'll see you in the end
Not until my work is done

Rest now, my dearest friend
I swear I won't forget you
Our story will pick up where it left off
When we meet again

Tempers flare in the winter air, so cold
But I know
That you'll keep me warm

And in the face of the entropy, I fold
But I know
That I'm not alone