Ron Hawkins - A Brief History lyrics

They say that it's traumatic when you're born I don't remember 'cause I'm older now Just like a peaceful dream you were torn from That haunts you in your waking hours I don't know why it's painful when we grow But try to keep in mind that it's only fear I think sometimes forgetting what we know Is what carries us from there to here And I know this isn't much But it's almost everything I know At times it itches like a scar Or hums like a radio Why do we get wounded when we love? She sang my name and I made her cry And I will be laid into my grave Never really understanding why And I know this isn't much But it's almost everything I've learned Sometimes I wave it like a flag And sometimes it's a prison term And the rain comes down Harder than it ever has 'Til a single second drowns On the end of your eyelash And the simple truth resounds That our time goes by so fast From the frightening first until the sweet sacred last I've heard them say it's lonely when you die There's no other time we're so profoundly alone But I know with you by my side Anywhere I am is home And even when the secrets we confide All dance across my fading eyes I'll try not to be afraid Just kiss me when I close my eyes