Flicker -

It’s too late, it’s too late

We’ve broken in half

It’s too late to separate the bullet wound from the scars

If faith is a virtue then why’d you lose yours

And pass the point of no return?

If you cross the river, then you build a mountain

Who’ll shine the lantern and guide me to you?

I’ve found the best way is to find the fountain of youth you created

Half of me is you

Children need protectors and fathers are providers

And family is the lifeblood

That’s why we needed you

Grieving, crying

Ordained to walk alone as you cross the Rubicon

I thought I caught a flicker but you were never there

Did you see our smiles before you crossed the Rubicon?

I grew up too fast

We all have a day

A line we all must toe

The lantern’s light flickers no more

Still you had to choose the grimmest way to say goodbye

I thought I caught a flicker but you were never there

Did you see our smiles before you crossed the Rubicon?

I grew up too fast

(Grew up too fast, grew up too fast)

I just hope it lasts

But things have a habit of going my way

I’m like a cat with nine lives a day

Thrown from the rooftops

I fall on my feet

I have been told that it runs in my veins

The gravitas to take the worst by the reins

But that don’t mean this broken heart won’t bleed

If you cut me, I’ll bleed

Lights will flicker as the oil runs dry

And eyelids grow thicker like the swell of dusk tide

And life’s like that lantern swaying left to right to left to right to left to

right to left to right

Slowly but surely

I will lay my body down and cry myself to sleep, oh

For the rest of my life

The grief I feel sings the whale song

Of this tragedy