Irish Hour - Saint Sister

We lost a yesterday

It was quick and quiet

We were watching Christmas movies

Somewhere outside Paris

And I didn’t even hear it

A bookend of sorts

Standing over breakfast

In a holiday resort

Tried my best to lift you

We were stuck between two floors

Pacing in the stairwell

Haven’t you been here before

And I didn’t even notice

With all this time to kill

Let’s go get your things

We’ll lay them out along the window sill

In between

Washing machines

You lay down on the bed sheets

And I pretended not to see

The way you gripped the edges

And I never thought to ask

How you managed the rest

We were doing laundry

The night I knew you best

We lost a yesterday

It was quick and quiet

We were playing Irish Hour

Somewhere outside Paris