Lying awake at night and wondering if the needle is pulling through
And all I can think about is you
In some descent of mystery
Ireland lost in her own history  
I stare at the stars out the window
I’m still thinking of him though 
And I’m reminded of being seventeen 
Before the lightning struck the dream
Of knowing your face
Now you’re something I can’t replace
And the fear of losing you to death
Is the foundation of my regret 
And I know what you were thinking of 
I could read it in your eyes, my love 
And I cracked under the pressure 
I fell apart under the fissure
That just opened up between us two 
I look at the pain in the eyes of you 
As they crumple and grimace
Lines around eyes that cannot finish
The sentences they begin 
And I will always be with him 
Even if it takes me to the grave
The boy I thought I could save
And he’s shouting down the phone at me 
While I lie into the line of indignity 
And try to hold the two pieces together 
But some things just can’t change the weather
That blows on through 
And there may be few 
Things on this earth that can catch me by the lapel 
But the thought of you in hell 
Without me rips the heaven from my grasp 
And I know this thing will last 
For an eternity 
Because you’re not going anywhere without me 
And I can hear us cry 
As we scream there is no goodbye
That could ever be peaceful between us 
I marvel at the creator that must have dreamed us