The Gone

Down, down down Down beneath where you thought the bottom ends Down where there ain't even one spec of light Where the weight of the water will give you the bends They say what if the dark is the cave where we're born? What if the dark is the way we transform? Oh but what if the dark don't mean nothin' 'Cept it ain't the dawn Why don't the gone stay gone? Why don't the gone stay gone? Stay gone Stay gone I bind your book with twine Then go to the river like the witches said I make a sign that means don't you come back Then I throw it down off of the ledge What if I'm cursed? What if I'm blessed? What if there's nobody else who comes next? Oh what if this all don't mean nothin' 'Cept there's nothing left Why don't the gone stay gone? Why don't the gone stay gone? Stay gone Stay gone If you ain't gonna fade Guide my way, guide my way Oh my ghost of the waves Am I drowned or am I saved? Are you my faith? Why don't the gone stay gone? Why don't the gone stay gone? Stay gone Stay gone