Your Halo - French For Rabbits

It was on October 23rd

The day your brother was deferred

I kept every one of them

The notes we scribbled in the back den

Our life was simple then

Drowsy hours while the adults reminisce of times long gone

Times we were yet to live

Rain drops on the roof and autumn passed by

8 years old and counting down the hours

Watching the lightning split through the sky

From the back porch where I used to see you cry

Your halo was so low

Back then I was too young to know

Your halo was so low

Back then we should have known that it wouldn’t end well

For you

It wouldn’t end well

For you

It wouldn’t end well

For you

It wouldn’t end well

Once I saw you with a black eye on your face

But you said there was no reason to complain

Your halo was so low

Back then I was too young to know

Your halo was so low

Back then we should have known

Your halo was so low

Back then I was too young to know

Your halo was so low

Back then we should have known

It wouldn’t end well

For you

It wouldn’t end well

For you

It wouldn’t end well

For you

It wouldn’t end well

For you

Rain drops on the roof and autumn passed by

8 years old and counting down the hours

Watching the lightning split through the sky

From the back porch where I used to see you cry