For Everest - An Ode lyrics

Dust collects over a velvet box like a thick layer of snow And her hand was digging through a drawer when it landed in the cold And opening she saw the ring a young lover gave her long ago And memories peeked through the cracks of her marriage that went cold I'd remember all those sleepless nights And I'd ask you but you'd not reply You'd just stare out the window And in the morning I saw that you were gone And the things you left, well most were small But I guess you couldn't untie the knot For a day it sat on her dresser top and she pondered what to do She tried to keep it out of sight since when she looked, the pain, it grew I had waited but you never showed And I had to learn to live on my own again For reasons I didn't know And the winters, they were oh so cold And I wondered if you were okay though The absence would only grow So she took the ring and put it in a bag with a few more of his things Brought it to the pawn shop To cash in all that time and see what it brings 'Cause it took time but I'm not alone And now I have a family of my own And they don't even know Of my old life, of my time with you And well if you stayed maybe We too could have seen what we could do But you're just now a memory Of a time so long ago you see But i still wonder where you could be So I thank you for the time we had But it's time to bring our story to an end So goodbye my lost husband