Slowly the pen touches paper    In the guidance of the words that you write   Memories roll in of the things you once did   And who you had shared them with    Is somebody thinking of you?      Did I bother telling you this    With the words that cross teeth and jump lips?   A poor choice of words in wanting to tell you anything   But words don't come with ease    They're forever my hurt      Would It really matter    If you were to count the days left with your hands?   Your focus secure and the loves you left well   Smiles staged in photographs here until      You, you left the light on   There's a chance I might have tripped, girl   You were there to hold on      Ignoring the words of your obnoxious little brother   "Kill or be killed," spilled the words from your mother   I'll lay awake for a while   I'll leave the light on a while      But you couldn't last a lifetime    Caught between here and the days of it   Carving her name across your arm    With every wish it's hit or miss her   I told you so    I measured distance in lines    Departing the rest of my life      But you, you, you    You had better things to do   But you, you, you    You had better things to do      Liar, liar, liar, liar   Liar, liar, liar, liar   Liar, liar, liar, liar   Liar, liar, liar, liar   Liar, liar, liar, liar   Liar, liar, liar, liar      Ignoring the words of your obnoxious little brother   "Kill or be killed," spilled the words from your mother   I'll lay awake for a while   I'll leave the light on a while      But you couldn't last a lifetime    Caught between here and the days of it   Carving her name across your arm    With every wish it's hit or miss her   I told you so    I measured distance in lines    Departing the rest of my life      If you get put to sleep    Like an old dog, you're better off    If you get put to sleep      I've been cautious with the words I extend   Allow this year before the world starts to end      Your father's dead, he passed in his sleep   (And I woke to the sounds of her crying)   Your father's dead, he passed in his sleep   (And I woke to the sounds of her crying)   Your father's dead, he passed in his sleep   (And I woke to the sounds of her crying)   Your father's dead, he passed in his sleep      Pray for us all . . .