A string is strung
from your heart to mine
seven crows perch there
quiet tongues and quiet hearts
ours a secret theirs to hold
as long as they care to stay

we are shadows now
no more than ghosts in my bed
secrets kept by tongues too busy to tell
hearts broken by hands too full to care

But we are happy
and greedy time will take that soon enough
so maybe we can bear this burden just one day more
if it makes us smile and keeps us sane
maybe we can walk this road just one step more
if heals our hearts, and dulls the pain

Hold me now
hold me and quiet my fears
hold me and close my eyes with your kisses
hold me and keep me warm with your heart and your hands
hold me and don't let me go
not for now, not for now
I will curl up here and say
tomorrow is a dream I cannot remember
as long as I have you
to remind me to forget
and make the world go away

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