Strange Land

Below The After

Strange Land


When can I tell you that I waited… 
That I needed the peace of someone 
That I wanted to hold you close to me 
Until at last you couldn't hold your breath? 

But its far too cold to tell you this now 
Soon the sun will come down on us again 
"I am weary, I am numb. Will I ever heal?" 
"No but the pain will fade… Lay still here now." 

Down below the surface 
I've seen you before 
I had forgotten your face 
Forgotten your face until now. 

Sinking down, I watched you 
Slowly blue 
I know you aren't trying anymore 

We are below the After. 

I waited for you to stop trying 
Because I needed you. 

Below the After I see you 
Below the After I call to you 
Below the After I reach for you, 
Below the After I pull at you. 

The come early every spring 
And then they repeat their farewell 
As I waited for you we will wait for them. 
Here, under the ice year after year 

Stand up now we need to go. 
To see the friends that we left behind 
In the spring when the water is warm 
We can walk among them hand in hand 

Down below the surface 
I've seen you before 
I had forgotten your face 
Forgotten your face until now. 

Below the After I see you 
Below the After I call to you 
Below the After I reach for you, 
Below the After I pull at you.