Alex Lifeson - At the End lyrics

He opens the books- Looks at scenes from yesterday How they laughed and loved And lived before They grew old and grey Now he sits alone in his room And the clock ticks away Together they enjoyed All life's beauty And all it's fears The lonely cry of his soul Falls only on his ears Each page's photo marked With the stain of his tears He didn't know what to do He didn't know what might come Nothing was all That was left of him Nothing was left When she was gone The heart has A memory so strong It remembers every right And every wrong On those pages of his long Lonely life He can only see his wife He said "Pluck out my eyes" He said "Plug up my ears" He said "Silence my tongue" He said "Take away my empty years" One last wish To see her face One last breath He's calling out to d**h One last look up at the sun As he picks up the gun As he steadies the gun As he finally aims the gun