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Farewell to Ed

 For Ed is dead

 The careless boy

 Laid to rest

 A velvet floor

 To place his head

 An empty bag

 A wooden chest

 Still beautiful in death

 The moisture fogs my breath

 Two hundred lowered eyes

 A hundred mute goodbyes

 I never thought your threats would come good

 You never did what you said you would

 Your mum and dad

 They look so old

 All huddled up

 In an inky cloak

 I’m not surprised

 This room is cold

 It’s empty too

 It’s stinks of floss

 I sat with dad and drank some beer

 We hadn’t spoken since last year

 I took his hand, led him upstairs

 Silently drew his body near

 I couldn’t see, missed you so much

 Missed you so large I had to fuck

 Between your sheets all charred with grief

 The pillows tainted with your dreams

 I didn’t want to stop that fate

 I should’ve said a thousand things

 Yeh, but hey

 Like we agreed

 I will be brave

 I will pour whisky

 On your grave

 Smoke cigarettes

 Amongst the stones

 Sprinkle champagne

 Upon your bones

 If burial restricts your view

 I’ll bring the city here to you

 I’ll pack the river and the clock

 Wrap it into a picnic box

 With golden bows

 And crystal mugs

 My dancing heels

 Will feel the mud

 We’ll disco boogie until the dawn

 I’ll teach the village how to mourn

 My living room

 In future times

 You’re just a face

 Above my fire

 I futile sound

 A distant chime

 I’ll think of this

 And I will cry

 Perhaps I’ll drop my toast

 The sound of shattered glass

 Thought I forgot at last

 Some things just never pass

 Easy to say

 Hard to believe

 There’ll come a day

 That I don’t grieve

 Until the time

 My body leaves

 I will regret

 That you don’t breath