Assembly

Recall the moment, a lesser feeling I felt heavy about everything last January Swells of warmth leave my body cold Is it you standing at my door? A grand assembly of long time friends fill a room full of empathy I could've used a drink or two or three When I knelt down beside the casket I wept into my jacket You were always stronger than you seemed Heaven knows you're stronger than me Give us grace to lull our souls An iron empire inside your bones I am so frail and want you to know I love you so And that is all the truth I know That a man must protect his child But the world has darker roads than we both know These days pass us by and we die slow But time goes on and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on It goes on and on, and on, and on, and on Swimming backwards I swear I couldn't catch my breath Lost my marbles in a haze of what you said In front of you sharing stories of lust and youth As Robert's "love song" echoed throughout the room Give us grace to lull our souls An iron empire inside your bones I am so frail and want you to know I love you so And that is all the truth I know That a man must protect his child But the world has darker roads than we both know (We didn't know)