Brave Old World

I wipe the ashes from the soles of my shoes

I step off the sidewalk, thinking of you

I light the candles in my makeshift shrine

The wind brushes in and dries the tears from my eyes

Everything left when I lost you

Everything keeps keeping on

It’s a brave old world

Even though you’re gone

Even though you’re gone

How I wonder

Do you wonder where you are?

To keep your thoughts

I think your thoughts

You’re not here

Everything left when I lost you

Everything keeps keeping on

It’s a brave old world

Even though you’re gone

Even though you’re gone

I wonder

Do you wonder?

I breathe my warm breath on the windowpane

I scratch at the glass and leave the script of your name

I sleep with shadows and I search for your scent

They lay where you lay but can’t replace what you meant

Everything left when I lost you

Everything keeps keeping on

It’s a brave old world

Even though you’re gone

Even though you’re gone

Even though you’re gone