It's So Much Darker When a Light Goes Out Than It Would Have Been If It Had Never Shone
I was ten years old when
My grandparents
On my father's side
Celebrated the 50th anniversary of their
Marriage
Our family piled into our tan '85 Aerostar
The same one that famously died
On the way to
My younger sister's dance recital when
The entire drive shaft
Dropped out
From underneath and shot
Like a torpedo down
The open highway
And made the three-hour climb
To Cadillac
There was a reception held at
The local V.F.W. hall
Where my grandfather was a member
I remember
Meeting a lot of strangers
Whose names and faces were either immediately lost
Or never registered at all
And how they would all
Tell us how
Excited they were
To meet us
Do you know how two trees can grow together
And become like one?
When my grandmother died, my grandfather died too
It took two whole years
To convince his body
To let him go
My grandparents
On my father's side
Celebrated the 50th anniversary of their
Marriage
Our family piled into our tan '85 Aerostar
The same one that famously died
On the way to
My younger sister's dance recital when
The entire drive shaft
Dropped out
From underneath and shot
Like a torpedo down
The open highway
And made the three-hour climb
To Cadillac
There was a reception held at
The local V.F.W. hall
Where my grandfather was a member
I remember
Meeting a lot of strangers
Whose names and faces were either immediately lost
Or never registered at all
And how they would all
Tell us how
Excited they were
To meet us
Do you know how two trees can grow together
And become like one?
When my grandmother died, my grandfather died too
It took two whole years
To convince his body
To let him go
Credits
Writer(s): Keith Patrick Latinen
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Other Album Tracks
- Ribbon
- I Was Somewhere Cold, Dark... and Lonely
- We Are People Here. We Are Not Numbers
- A Keepsake
- You Have to Be So Much Better Than You Ever Thought
- Stay Divided
- Foxfire
- Things Not Worth Fixing
- If It's Bad News, It Can Wait
- It's So Much Darker When a Light Goes Out Than It Would Have Been If It Had Never Shone
Altri album
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) & Joie De Vivre [Split Version]
- You Will Eventually Be Forgotten
- In Which the Choices We Didn't Make Were Better Than the Ones That We Did - Single
- In Which the Choices We Didn't Make Were Better Than the Ones That We Did
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)/Malegoat Split
- On Time Spent Waiting, or Placing the Weight of the World On the Shoulders of Those You Love the Most
- Middle Discography
- Home After Three Months Away
- Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)/ Into It. Over It. [Split] - Single
- Early Discography
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