You're guarded, love You tell me You know my face But can't see back You needed help retaining How the light would blush and pass into the blue As he cooked and hummed the songs that you once knew Where the spirits rise to join the toast Each night you'd be the one that laughed the most We piece it back together Your grandmother, she picked you up On days that were remaining I told you how we'd talk about the ghosts And the night he stopped and sang La Vie en rose In the elder light with your cheeks in rose Say he was the strangest man you'd ever known We see ourselves against the wall And need light after all I need light after all And it's all a thought Cause there's nothing next But I felt you go together when you left