Don't say "start over" doesn't mean a thing.
When you face death tell me

What do you see? (x4)

Gain perspective face to face with

Loss (x4)

If you were just body then it's true you are no more.
But if there's soul beneath that casing, only now you're being born.
I hoisted your dead weight over my frail but tireless back.
I took you to the edge of where I planned to grow a forest.

I closed your eyes and dug a hole and made my peace,
with the fact that this would be your final earthly placement.
And as I watched your fur and muscle disappear,
it's then that understanding and acceptance replaced my fear.

And I didn't know what to say,
but I knew what I had to do.

Every day I made my way back to that tragic spot,
I'd watch birds and insects traverse your burial plot.
One day upon arriving, I found a tiny sprout,
he reached up from the ground as if to say 'please just let me out!'

And I didn't know what to say,
but I knew what I had to do.

I watched you coming back to me.

What did you see? (x4)

And as time passed I'd come and watch you grow into a tree,
watch you and other flourish where good friends once used to be.
I'd sit under your shade and think about your life before.
Thirteen years spent by my side now I sit by you once more.

And we didn't have to speak,
your presence said everything.

Please just don't

Leave (x4)

Can't stay forever 'least that's what it
seems fly over, tell me what you see.
Beneath the clouds, above the dirt,
no heaven no hell, still here on Earth.

(Eyes) Do not deceive, (they've) seen thousands of trees,
(Mind) does wonder who, (the) trees used to be.
(Life) starts over new, (I) have bits of you,
(Brother) sister see, (Truest) her friend's memory.

A forest made up of one-time companions,
when we were young we'd run through woods like these,
And now our children are swinging from your branches,
And playing in your leaves, dearest friend you're still with me.



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