For You To Know

The pen scratches vellum paper and the words flow

Ink stained fingers dreaming up this letter to you

Your love lingers in the shades of a grey morning

Sentence escapes in the mist

The pictures of home swallowed by a narrow margin

Delusions creeping upon me, I'm shaded

The subtlety of time makes everything clearer

Clawing to my chains, squirming with my agony

Scared of never seeing you again

But I never knew you anyway

It could have been so different

It just never happened that way

Have I told you about the magpie, my only friend

Have you heard about the tears and the nights in the rain

And I want you to know, I want you by my side

I could have helped you find a way back into this world

If I ever face this world, we'll be together

This is for you to know. This is for you to feel.

The subtlety of time makes everything clearer

Clawing to my chains, squirming with my agony

Scared of never seeing you again

But I never knew you anyway

It could have been so different

It just never happened that way

The sun is setting, leaving me no sanctuary

And I can't stand another night like this

Tomorrow I will follow my friend among the trees

My final letter, I will write it down for you

Keep it with your poems because they were all true

Just so you know, you didn't get here in time

Have I told you about the magpie, my only friend

Have you heard about the tears and the nights in the rain

And I want you to know, I want you by my side

I could have helped you find a way back into this world

If I ever face this world, we'll be together

This is for you to know. This is for you to feel.