I Saw Three Cities

Sing me to sleep of all the lives you lived All the visions passed through your gaze When you were so sick on the streetline ablaze Sing me to sleep of what you used to see And what will never be whole again When you rose up to the kingdom for a day Tumbling softly through all of time and space Trust so fervently Trust so nervously Please try to trust in me Sing me to sleep of all the worlds you built That no one could see but you How they call you back to a place you once knew A favourite colour that would swallow you When your illness made you start to float Reaching up to where the lightning grows Reaching where it could speak with you alone Trust so fervently Trust so nervously Please try to trust in me Sing me to sleep of what it's like to leave To be wrapped in bandage and tape This is the last fuss I will ever make (I will be silent past today) This is the last fuss I will ever make Oh, my long-lost friend If you get sick again Oh, how I call your name From deep in the place that knows you might not hear it someday Oh, but at night you stay No, you are not afraid Oh, so I hold you close And up towards your sleeping face, I whisper "don't let go"