Lucky Soul

The Last Song

Album: The Great Unwanted [2007]
Author: Andrew Laidlaw

Born on a tear

That seeps from the dagger shaped hole in your heart

Wounds that run deep

Well I’ll try to patch them as best as I can

If the sun melts the black of the street

And the long road home sticks to your feet

When the music that frees you has all but been used up

Then I’ll sing the last song for you

I hate to see your heart breaking

I’ll hold it safe in my hands

I don’t know if my words can bind it together

But that’s all I know how to do

So I’ll sing the last song for you

I ain’t got much

That I can give you, to keep you afloat

Mumbled comforts

Are no use for wrestling demons, I know

But a lopsided smile and a lovesick recital

Might loosen the burden for now

The penultimate beat of the drum

As the second to last chord is strummed

When all other words have already been heard

I’ll sing the last song for you