[read these words out loud, your voice gives them power]
My eyes have seen such tonight,
My heart can't feel tomorrow
What does sunlight feel at dusk?
How do we we bear your sorrow?
If time is a river flowing on and on,
Oh, a handful could we borrow?
A small pinprick to see the deep
For darkness is to follow
Oh I see the the window to the soul
Its etched into your being
Is there something on the other side?
What is it that your seeing?
Wake and tell me, I must know!
don't think that I can't bear it
Is there meaning in this pain?
Some shifting of the scale?
Some miracle performed at dawn
Through fog or down the hall?
A heart that slowly beats to life
While yours begins to fall?
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me!
Though I don't have the right
To ask of you these questions
In your never-ending night
No, I will be your angel, rising
And hold you under wing
To sit with you in silence
This vigil with your name
Share with you some essence
A torrent may it flow
To be with you amidst the wind
To watch you as you go
This is my vigil, I am your witness
I am your witness.