The Words - Soen

Shiver through the fever, silence of the trees

Chasing woes of my weary soul, blight of the leaves

Rest from your trouble, lay while you wait

Dream something beautiful

Fill these blank pages with rue, each one

Patient, you stayed by my side for years

I know I owe you more than I have

Given the words that will make you leave

There’s nothing left here, no one to save

How we share this hopeless devotion

Passing the hours as if they were days

And I won’t breathe until it’s over

No turning back here, no final escape

Bide here for the closing, fearless by the sea

Time to let go of what always' been there, peacefully

Struck by your silence, drenched in my doubt

Numb from the burning cold

Tear out the pages, change what I said

Mend my wrong

Patient, you stayed by my side for years

I know I owe you more than I have

Given the words that will make you leave

There’s nothing left here, no one to save

How we share this hopeless devotion

Passing the hours as if they were days

And I won’t breathe until it’s over

No turning back here, no final escape