Been a long and lonely winter for my mother
Her mother dying slowly
It's hard to sit and see
The harvest with the seed, each day

The static on the TV screen is snowing
It's going out of season
There's a wall between
Like crossing open seas
The lady at the front desk
By the waiting room
Knows me by name

This is not a pointed finger
I don't know where it would belong
Do you ever wonder at this shadow
We're pouring out our silence on

Dying is for strangers, I know you see it
We wear our smiles like a crime
If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even
Pay in full, waste my time

Hand-me-downs and wreckage
With the glow of other lives
I gather them like children
Something to show for our time

Dying is for strangers, and I know you see it
We wear our smiles like a crime
If I had the money, I'd set the ledger even
Pay in full, waste my time

Been a long and lonely winter for my mother