Grandfather Clock

I can’t find the words just yet.
My silence is a burden, like a promise unkept, but
Just what could I say
That would bring you back today?
“So, what’s your name?” he said
While he searched for the answers in the back of his head, old man
Can’t you see it’s me?
I’m your first grandson, remember me?
But a hollowed out shell is all that remains
Of the man that’s responsible for my middle name.
As he stares blankly in my face,
I see the darkness where I was replaced.

Time without wield just ticks away (ticks away)
The hours are pulling you further away
Like a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop
‘til we both no longer have words to say.

Are you surprised by my tears?
My grandmother watched you fade for years,
But my heart, it breaks
for every day that she wakes
And another memory disappears.
Yet she stays by your side
Her love and her patience keep you warmer at night
But her courage inspires us all
for her willingness to take the fall.

Time without wield just ticks away (ticks away)
The hours are pulling you further away
Like a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop
‘til we both no longer have words to say.

My humble heart kept my mouth shut
While my empty head seemed to get stuck
on the words I use to fill up
All the emptiness that consumes us.
My back breaks under the weight
Of the inevitability
That you will forget everything.

Do you remember me?
Your love for the ocean is what led me to the sea.
Every summer, every ocean breeze
shaped the man that I’d grow up to be. So I’ll
Bury your memory there
In the bosom of the ocean and the salt water air.
We’ll meet again, I pray
On the ocean someday
Where the sun and the water collide.

Time without wield just ticks away
The hours are pulling you further away
Like a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop
‘til we both no longer have words to say.

Time without wield just ticks away (ticks away)
The hours are pulling you further away (further away)
Like a grandfather clock, your arms swing and then stop
‘til we both no longer have words to say.

My humble heart kept my mouth shut (time ticks away)
While my empty head seemed to get stuck
on the words I use to fill up (further away)
All the emptiness that consumes us.
My back breaks under the weight (time ticks away)
Of the inevitability
That you will forget everything. everything. (until you forget everything)