I accepted the commiserations
But there's some things I still don't understand
Some photographs of a summer's day
A little boy's lifetime away
That feeling smothers me again
At the top of the stairs is darkness
I offer up to you, this tribute
A tree taps on the window pane
To remind me that I'm but my father's son
Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky
Of all your friends and your relations
Daddy, is it true that we all have to die?
Is all I've left of everything we've done
You were so tall, how could you fall?
Like a pale moon in a sunny sky
Your name was in the memorial book
At the top of the stairs is darkness
I closed my eyes and when I looked
And what had become of all the things we planned
Death gazes down as I pass by
