Collaboration

When the call came "Annie Hall" was on TV Thought I'd watch it As you'd advised, inebriatedly It was a favorite And I wanted to understand Bu then the call came I don't recall the way it ends Brother, don't fail now Come back to sit with me So many years now From when you told me: "The last thing that I remember thinking Is when I woke, I wouldn't feel a thing..." When the storm came When we seethed with heart and rage And the ship rolled And we snarled within our cage And then the wind came When it blew you far from shore How could you leave me? With the same frail shell you wore? The water's deep here Don't go without me What little faith here Just like you told me The last thing that I remember thinking Is when I woke, I wouldn't feel a thing Remember that I was just a child Trying to understand the world in your eyes And the voices I heard that night Were bigger than anything I could recall And the reasons I held to so tight Slowly sifted away And the voices I heard that night Were bigger than anything I could recall And the reasons I held to so tight Slowly sifted away When the call came I knew how fragile we were still Put down the armor Too tired to fight, but I will