Ashes

ASHES

Do I scatter the ashes or put em in a jar

Do wear them round my neck like some medieval scar

I do it all in vein to help me feel where you are

I’ve never felt closer than when you’re ringing through this old Gibson guitar

With one eye open I look for the light

To shine on the places where we got it right

The hours are minutes and they stretch on for days

But I can’t help feeling that time’s slipping away

There was something behind the words you’d say

Each pause like the space between the cradle and the grave

If I could bottle our time I’d only drink it away

The heat of the summer was never meant to stay

Do I scatter the ashes or put em in a jar

Do wear them round my neck like some medieval scar

I do it all in vein to help me feel where you are

But I’ve never felt closer than

No I’ve never felt closer

Than when you’re ringing through this old Gibson guitar