I don't want to say goodbye
But it's time to spread these wings and fly.

I know it's hard to understand
when the hourglass runs out of sand.

Into the sky above, I drift through the darkness and sense what is love passing...
Into the light ahead, my spirit's alive though you see what is dead.

Lift your head and don't you cry,
'Cause we all have to someday die.
Just remember that I'll always care.
Call my name and I'll be there.

Holding you in the night, I know you can't see me but feel this my light, softly...
brushing the dark away, listen and you'll hear the words that I say.

Where my soul flies, I'll be here tonight
Where my soul flies, I pray you'll be alright... you'll be alright

sleep tight, you'll be alright.

When you're tired and growing old
and your life on Earth begins to fold,
You'll find that it will all begin.
I will see you and hold you again.

Where my soul flies, I'll be here tonight
Where my soul flies, I pray you'll be alright... you'll be alright


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    Written immediately after 9/11. 'Nuf said.

    gandalfeon May 03, 2002   Link

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