Deathbeds

from Good Childhood by Not Caleb

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I saw light flicker from your eyes
Too many things you didn't recognize
Cancer clouding up your head
Lying in your deathbed

Your balloon takes to the sky
as tears fall from my mother's eyes
You fought a battle you knew you'd lose
But you're home now
And your lover will be there soon

My mother's father lives alone
He's taking insulin on his own
His hands shake and he talks slow
My father takes him into our home
But what you're looking for, you won't find it here

On a grey March's sleep
You came in the night like a thief
I pushed your deathbeds together
And hoped you'd both wake up in heaven
A bright light turns to nothing
But you see her standing there
and She asks, "Was it me you were looking for? Baby, I've been right here. What are you waiting for, baby? I'm right here."

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from Good Childhood, released February 5, 2015

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