Black Balloon

You woke up dream sick in the afternoon
The black balloon was hanging over you
I left a basin by the bed
And a note for you that read
I’ll be back when you need me

Baby shoes
Burn a candle for the ones we lose
It seems like all the time we have
Is water in cupped hands
Why can’t a mother’s love be easy?

Lying on your side
You turn out the light
When darkness leaves you blind
I’ll keep an agile eye
For a fragile mind

Carry the burden of your sister’s pain
Make her whole again
It’s so much easier to hold it when
You come as a friend
Well with all our pain and our joy
What might have been
A vanishing dream
If you play like a broken toy
When you’ve come to call
On no one at all

For any saving grace
A thousands songs to sing
Comfort in promise of spring
Share in my best offering
Life is a wonderful thing

Stuck at home
A generation scared they’ll die alone
If true love that comes cheap
Isn’t ours to keep
Why do I give it out so freely?

All in your own time
Good things are hard to find
When darkness leaves you blind
I’ll keep an agile eye
For a fragile mind

Carry the burden of your sister’s pain
Make her whole again
It’s so much easier to hold it when
You come as a friend
Carry the burden of your brother’s pain
Make him whole again
It’s so much easier to hold it when
You come as a friend