In the Ten Years Gone

In the ten years gone

Barely a word has passed between us

Since that brutal month

The shadow fell upon us

The dawning of the silence

And in the years before

I never knew that I was sleepin'

Slowly drifting off

Through the company I was keeping

Till that brutal dawn

Now I wanna know

With all the thinking that you've done

Did the answers ever come

Are they just around the bend?

Now, I'm not asking you for anything but answers

I'm not hoping you'll start throwing forgiving gestures my way

But how far would you go

Cuttin' it clean away

And in the years to come

Wide awake to all my failures

I sat upon them long enough

To see the beauty and the danger

Of a brutal dawn

I wanna know

When you're laying there at night

Making edits of your life

And it's me you're thinking of

How do you explain

After all we overcame

Only bitterness remain

I'm not asking you for anything but answers

I'm not hoping you'll start throwing forgiving gestures my way

Your final act of kindness

Well you cut me anyway

How far would you go

To cut me clean away