I watched you pull the thread that hung below
The hem of everything youâd grown to know
You pulled it with a sigh
Said everything must die
I watched you pull the thread and let it go
Our youth was spent desperate to see
The things that lay just barely underneath
The layers of our minds
That fall away in time
So we filled our little brains and tried to see
I couldnât tell you where we were trying to go
So I held your hand and figured that weâd know
When weâd arrived
At our chosen time
Iâd kiss your mouth, and Iâd let you go
Your voice was sweet and it didnât betray
The words you used when you said you couldnât stay
You said life was just a game
That could never stay the same
So I lit a smoke and watched you drive away
I couldnât tell you where we were trying to go
So I held your hand and figured that weâd know
When weâd arrived
At our chosen time
Iâd kiss your mouth, and Iâd let you go
And I held you in the back of my mind
As my body felt the wrath of father time
But as I slowly decay
Youâll never age a day
Cause I held you in the back of my mind