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Your passin' broke the silence

 On that dark October day

The sun was headin' for the west

 As it did I heard you say

I set my sail for a gentle breeze

 Now I leave this world as it was meant to be

And you, did you listen to anything I said?

Did you ever listen to me?

Though now it seems you'll never know

But every lad to a man must grow

Till winter comes to celebrate

Then proudly chills the bone

When at last they bury me

Into this ground you'll someday see

And you, did you listen to anything I said?

Did you ever listen to me?

 Though the face we wear

 Sometimes seldom speaks

 From the babe that cries

 To this grown man's feet

 May the hand still write

 And its' heart shape keep

 Till our fathers, sons and daughters agree

 So I will pave this road till glory

 Sets our broken spirit free

 From every cross-soaked nail pours endless rain

 With tears no eye should see

 But they could fill our highest ocean

 And the rivers in between

 With every blade that flowers must grow then drown

With love our cruelest sea