A Hymn For Memory

[Verse 1] When I was younger I used to dream Now I need whiskey to sleep Fairies spun to waltz in my head These days I barely leave my bed The little girl in photographs Threw her head back when she laughed But she doesn't come around anymore My broken heart Recalls to light The second star to the right But the happy thoughts For pick me ups Are gone Are gone [Chorus] Hymns for a better time to come Have almost left me completely And I think am I the only one Who’s just numb, oh I'm so numb I don't where the magic went Or how long my windows been closed All I’m asking for is a chance To keep a part of me from dying She took heaven when she left But I'd walk through hell to bring her back [Verse 2] Who taught me how to hide from my shadow? Stories were all I used to know Flying made the whole world stop Now I take pills to shake it off I didn't listen hard enough About the bells and fairy dust Till there was nothing left to hook onto me And all was lost If I had known I would have begged her not to go But she's got worlds to see And my feet Can't leave the ground Can't leave the ground [Chorus] Hymns for a better time to come Have almost left me completely And I think am I the only one Who's just numb, oh I'm so numb I don’t where the magic went Or how long my windows been closed All I’m asking for is a chance To keep a part of me from dying She took heaven when she left And I'm stuck in hell, can’t bring her back [Outro] Got too close to the sun Was I the only one?