Reaper’s Burden

Boots on the gravel

Midnight on my back

Names on a tattered ribbon

Tied in a crooked stack

I don’t count the heartbeats

I just hear the last

Carry every quiet ending

Like steel in a canvas bag

This is a reaper’s burden

I walk you to the door

I never get to follow

I just stand and watch the floor

You leave with all your colors

I fade into the dark

This is a reaper’s burden

I remember every spark

Kitchen light still burning

Coffee growing cold

You’re laughing in a frozen frame

In a house I’ll never hold

I knock but you don’t hear it

You just drop the keys

I gather up your almosts

And all your used-to-bes

This is a reaper’s burden

I walk you to the door

I never get to follow

I just trace where you were before

You leave with all your colors

I stay with what you’ve lost

This is a reaper’s burden

I know what every moment cost

I have no grave

No garden (no)

Just echoes in my coat

Every goodbye you whispered

Stitched into my throat

This is a reaper’s burden

I walk you to the door

You step into the silence

I’m stranded on this shore

You leave with all your colors

I carry all your night

This is a reaper’s burden

I’m the weight behind the light