It was midnight when I heard the tune
The tune that had lived in the flute that had lived in you
It has been ten years since I saw you
But it's almost like you never left.
The remnants of your lyrics and the edges of you tune have trailed the earth with me like a sore thumb
Tracing the path of my feet and hands
Feeble fingers working holes
Soft lips pressing gently for you to sing
For you to sing this melody to me.

It was morning when I last saw you
Your spirit looked like it had been dragged from the depths of this earth
Just so you could materialize in a slumber and play this tune for me
Just so you could sing the dirge of your life

The lyrics obscene, I searched every mountain and every river to find it
To find you
I could barely speak
Do, re, mi, fah, suh
Your tune tuning my screeching ribs
Lyrics piecing together my broken heart

I have always been singing, singing for you