1886

When I'm alone
The words tripped off his tongue
As though to be alone was nothing strange
When I was young
He said, "When I was young
I was buried by the names that I've been called"
I thought of age
Of loneliness and change
And how strange we grow when we are alone
And how unlike
The selves that meet and talk
And blow the candles out and say goodnight

And I don't think I'd stay for long
'Cause I will go where I am not alone
And on the day when I'll be gone
You know that I will be where I am not alone
Oh, I will be where I am not alone

When I'm too small
He looked at me and smiled
As though to be too small was nothing sad
What does it mean?
He said, "Tell me what it means
To feel something that makes the others leave"
I think of friends
Of family and home
And how things could be if I was not so strange
And what it's like
To sit by the fireplace
Together in the cold winter nights

And I don't think I'd stay for long
'Cause I will go where I am not alone
And on the day when I'll be gone
You know that I will be where I am not alone
Oh, I will be where I am not alone

Oh, in the stillness where our spirits walk
All but inmost love is overthrown

And I don't think I'd stay for long
'Cause I will go where I am not alone
And on the day when I'll be gone
You know that I will be where I am not alone
Oh, I will be where I am not alone
Oh, I will be where I am not alone