For Those Below

Helpless, she lies across the stairs

Haunting your days, consuming your prayers

There will be healing, but don't force this girl to stand

As she's counting the ceilings with pale voice and trembling hands



You told me life was long, but now that it's gone

You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock

Called to be a rock for those below



Whispered notes from a piano in the corner of the room

Hold your throat, is that healing that you're hearing in her true?

Wanting change, but loving her just as she lies

Is the burden of man who's built his life on love



You told me life was long, but now that it's gone

You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock

Called to be a rock for those below



I'll be locked up in store

In a lavender war

'Cause my mind is just like hers

Just as broken, just as crippled, just as burned

And then I find myself on top, as the leader of a flock

Called to be a rock for those below