Sleep now, little wandering one,
The daylight’s nearly gone.
Shadows stretch across the walls,
But shadows don’t stay long.
Close your eyes and drift away,
I’ll sit beside your door.
You don’t have to keep the things
You cannot hold anymore.
I remember…
I remember…
Even when you don’t.
I remember…
I remember…
Everything you won’t.
Sleep now while the house is still,
Let yesterday grow dim.
Change the words and change the names,
Tell yourself again.
Morning lets us start anew,
Or so the living say…
But what happened still remembers you
When memory looks away.
I remember…
I remember…
Even when you don’t.
I remember…
I remember…
Everything…
you won’t.
[silence]
[single glass clink]