LET IT FALL

I guess we just weren't old enough
to understand
or brave enough to see
it didn't matter what they'd say
so we couldn't talk about the feelings
we just let them fall away
we let them fall one day

the things I don't remember 
come back to haunt me
and your face in the perfect light of dreaming
shakes my sleep

but I don't know where you are
or who you are today
I can't make that leap
that well's too deep

you went off to see the world
in a wanderlusting thrall
while I tried to make a home
in a room too dark and small
not admitting what we wanted
we couldn't see beyond that wall
so let it fall away
let it fall, I say

when you build a bridge to the past
you can't refine or shape the way you feel
and you can't escape
cuz the face is real
staring at you in the dark at night
turn on the light
just turn on the light
that's all
and let it fall

so I trace back through the years
and I watch the pain fade
and all the "should'ves, if I'd only" thoughts
don't seem to count for much
but I still can't catch or hold the meaning
like everything we touch
becomes a sentimental crutch

but then I see you in my dreams
and you won't answer when I call
and I try to follow you
down a dark and silent hall
but I don't know how you see it now
or what you might recall
so let it fall away
let it fall, I say

when you build a bridge to the past
you can't refine or shape the way you feel
and you can't escape
cuz the face is real
staring at you in the dark at night
turn on the light
just turn on the light
that's all
and let it fall

words © 2000 Richard Isen