The darkness that ensued
And all I could do was brood
Over the way things had come to be
Confinement was the only mystery 
I could bear to hold
So I ran from the fields of gold
To the chains in the city
And it was more self pity
Than it was bravery
I couldn’t face the truth
And the pillars of my youth
Are falling around me 
Now I have no grandfather to ground me
So I just grasp at empty air
Because you are no longer there
To catch me when I fall 
And see me play football
Down at the pitch
Making a switch
With Linda on the field 
But the wind blows and I yield 
To it and let you go 
It was harder than you know
To relax my grasp 
On the part of me that was born to last
And I couldn’t cry tears
Despite the years 
We spent together 
And the weather
Turned suddenly snow
And somehow I just know
That it’s time 
And my crime
Is that I couldn’t bear to face
This aspect of the human race
That we must say goodbye
To the people we love as they die
And I’m hearing voices
The people in Pat’s say it’s just noises
But I sense that I can hear
More than just the ones I hold dear
From the other side
I think they are still alive
In some other realm 
And at the helm
Is a spirit greater than we can understand 
He is not ruled over by man 
But free to birth into the world of form 
And just because my body’s warm 
Doesn’t mean that I’m separate 
From the ones my heart equate
With eternal love
And if I no longer have to look above
But within to find you there 
Would you know that I still care?