Kiss
me goodnight
I say my prayers,
leave the lights on at the top of the stairs
Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky
A tree taps on a window pane,
that feeling smothers me again
That is it true that we all have to die
At the top of the stairs is darkness
At the top of the stairs is darkness
I closed my eyes and when I looked your name was in the memorial book
And what had become of all the things we planned
I accepted the commiserations of all your friends and your relations
But there's some things I still don't understand
You were so tall, how could you fall?
Some photographs of a summer's day,
a little boy's lifetime away
This is all I've left of everything we've done
Like a pale moon in a sunny sky,
death gazes down as I pass by
To remind me that I'm but my father's son
I offer up to you
this tribute I offer up to you
this tank park salute
Tank park salute