I Made You Myself - Birds in the Garden lyrics

Each day I'd go about my rounds pa**ing his house Always rushing around or wasting away To feel her again is my last wish These are my days without her Feeding the birds in the garden The only thing that kept her at peace Sitting alone, cars half parked in the gravel driveway I'd sometimes catch myself staring in his direction He left everything untouched in the house Just the way she left it Just the way he remembered before she pa**ed There was warmth at one time With green gra** and laughter Every season had aged them well Every minute spent together was never wasted It's a shame to think how fast the beauty had gone away And the happiness they had was no longer shared My darling, your life was sweet I'll keep you close to my heart And we will meet again She lay in the bed Pale white, barely able While the days dwindled down to her last He held tight to her hand And to her every word and command He stayed strong, he stayed loyal They had loved till the last of her breath She had left I watched him sit there by himself The same face, the same place He turned to stone What little life remains Is not a fraction of what it was He kept living the same routine I asked him what she said before her pa** “I've lived a long life.”