Goodbye my friend Until we meet again We talked so much of dreams that would never end We danced around the tree of life Often with joy and strife
We watched mountains crumble to the sea We counted clouds drifting endlessly We kissed among the flowers Yours was the sweetest they could be
We cried many tears and suffered many fears We walked through darkness for so many years
Now I hear the call of the angel I see her gentle hand She beckons me home to make my final stand
I am going away to a place I have never been I wish you were with me for I am shaking like a leaf I never felt so much grief
I see shadows and images faces and strange places yet they seem somewhat familiar but still they remain peculiar
If only you were with me my love I wouldn't feel so cold and alone The angel led me to a stone carved upon it was a dove
Written upon the stone were the names of everyone I ever knew that I had to atone All the pain all the strain All the regrets and all things I tried to forget
I had to let go so that love could continue to flow I had to forgive so that I can once again live
Out of the ground came chains of steel they were wrapping themselves around the stone ever getting tighter as if it was going to crush it into pieces I could hear the voices screaming of those listed upon the stone praying in anguish as it tightens then releases
They cried unto me to let them go and my resentments to allow the flow of atonements I set them free most urgently and prayerfully
Yet there is one which is you my love my guardian angel in whom has been my friend to the end How shall I look upon you knowing my ways? Will I be able to let you go for the rest of my days?