I'm scared of death
Not that of my own
'Cause I believe heaven's as real as the guilt
I will misplace to let myself hope
'Cause I know forever
I'll look like thinking of you
Those couple times in
The middle of the night
When I put you outside of my room
You look like a baby
You fit in my arms
And somehow you know how to say "Hello" softly
When I'm coming home after dark
And you know the staircase
Just not the way down
I wish you weren't smart enough to
Just let me go up and say "Good night" to me from the ground
MM

'Cause time is a gravekeeper, it's a gardener
Something you push from your mind
Time's a tidal wave, it's a painter
If I could go back in it, I'd
Give you more of mine

You look like you know me
You just can't see me well
Oh, my mind's only been on the blue in your eyes
I'd forgotten I've grown up myself
But you can hear me just fine, I believe
When I'm singing to you
When I was your age, I was so set on runnin'
For you, it's just harder to move
MM

'Cause time is a gravekeeper, it's a gardener
Something you push from your mind
Time's a tidal wave, it's a painter
If I could go back in it, I'd

Lay on the dead lawn, mid-December
And you'd be next to me forever
On the dead lawn, freeze my fingers off
I will find you once again in warmer weather
It's a gravekeeper
In the back of my mind
It's a tidal wave
It's a painter
And yours just looks different from mine