I let you slip down through my skin You ran through my blood like dawn runs through the wind I marked your words your rhythm of speech I lived by this pattern and moved by the beat I kept your secrets you gave them only to me Though after a while it seemed they were all I could keep I still have you here Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear Your heart had on it my fingerprints I held on to it until it could hold itself again When your voice gave out you wrote it down I held the pages in my ribs and carried them around Even now though it’s been so long I keep your shadow written book of psalms I still have you here Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear I carried your name across desert plains Over mountains and back again I’m sitting here now it’s way past midnight After a year away and out of sight I kept you close you gave yourself to me Though after a while it seemed that was too much to keep I still have you here Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear