Broken Beyond Repair

Beloved, beloved
Beloved, beyond beloved
Hand in hand in a bed of wildflowers
We spent our summers as orphans
by the mill wasting daylight
Breathing hope of a new life
somewhere across the border
Now we were off getting wasted
When you suddenly broke down in tears
You said you couldn't go on
And that the ripples grew too strong in your head
And the note you pulled up from your coat
just ripped my heart out
Right out
"Here lies the remains of a girl named Claire.
Beloved but broken beyond repair.
I am free and I'm where I wanna be
far from the shores of darkness
and the void inside of me."
I held the note and I asked you about it
You said don't take it too serious
it's heat in the moment
Tonight I'm everybody's darling
Tonight I'm winning
It's a crash course
in dealing with life and the living
But I was blinded by the light
and the art of forgiving
And then you ran into the night
Leaving me with the note you wrote
You wrote:
"Here lies the remains of a girl named Claire.
Beloved but broken beyond repair.
I am free and I'm where I wanna be
far from the shores of darkness
and the void inside of me."
They said you left for good
Mining gold with some rock star
They said you found God
In the arms of a preacher
They said you moved out west
Showing off in the pictures
They said you found yourself
In the mirror of wisdom and cocaine
But I buried you right here
I buried you right here
I buried you right here
'Cause I buried you right here!
Yes, I buried you right here