Rehtaeh

It's a slow death by a thousand words That echo in her ear It's not yet a scar, she bleeds from her heart It's a nosedive right into nothing Nothing to appease anyone at all It's dark and it's cold, she's scared and alone Hold on dear life to me What's frayed is not a tear Hold on dear life I see A young girl running scared and What kind of a man would haunt you And leave you with ghosts to taunt you And what would you have me do Who's to say that I ever would have found her Who's to say she could have been found at all The ifs and the hows, it's all over now But tell me how you sat so stoic Tell me how was it that you sat so still Did a young girl's cries fall so hard onto deaf ears That your eyes couldn't see what was clear Hold on dear life to me What's frayed is not a tear Hold on dear life I see A young girl running scared and What kind of a man would haunt you And leave you with ghosts to taunt you And what would you have me do I hope that the angels save ya Cause all the king's men have failed ya And what would you have me do Rehtaeh Now the echoes turn to a chorus Of the Devil's favorite song And it opens her scars It rips her apart Hold on dear life to me What's frayed is not a tear Hold on dear life I see A young girl running scared What kind of a man would haunt you And leave you with ghosts to taunt you And what would you have me do Whatever you lost I'll find it Before another young voice goes quiet What would you have me do Rehtaeh What would you have me do Rehtaeh What would you have me do Rehtaeh