A Hymn for Memory

When I was younger I used to dream
Now I need whiskey to sleep
Fairies spun to waltz in my head
These days I barely leave my bed
The little girl in photographs
Threw her head back when she laughed
But she doesn’t come around anymore
My broken heart
Recalls to light
The second star to the right
But the happy thoughts
For pick me ups
Are gone
Are gone
Hymns for a better time to come
Have almost left me completely
And I think am I the only one
Who’s just numb, oh I’m so numb
I don’t where the magic went
Or how long my windows been closed
All I’m asking for is a chance
To keep a part of me from dying
She took heaven when she left
But I’d walk through hell to bring her back
Who taught me how to hide from my shadow?
Stories were all I used to know
Flying made the whole world stop
Now I take pills to shake it off
I didn’t listen hard enough
About the bells and fairy dust
Till there was nothing left to hook onto me
And all was lost
If I had known
I would have begged her not to go
But she’s got worlds to see
And my feet
Can’t leave the ground
Can’t leave the ground
Hymns for a better time to come
Have almost left me completely
And I think am I the only one
Who’s just numb, oh I’m so numb
I don’t where the magic went
Or how long my windows been closed
All I’m asking for is a chance
To keep a part of me from dying
She took heaven when she left
And I’m stuck in hell, can’t bring her back
Got too close to the sun
Was I the only one?