Autumn leaves fall And carry with it such grace Found only in the cool wisps Of a breeze across my face Staring out at the moon I see all there is to see Winter and darkness Staring back at me I know there’s something In the strength of your hands The glisten in your eyes Leaves me in such trance I reach and I reach down Into the bottom of my heart The nervousness the panic Oh it rips me apart So much to see and so much to do All I know is to want and want more The steadiness I once knew My body left it by the seashore And is love after all The meaning of life? Is that what carries us through Strife after strife? Or is it the bright moonlight And the sand and the beach The calm and peaceful raindrops Falling just out of my reach When all I want is to smile My shadow steals it all from me Walking down cold streets Holding my cup after cup Of coffee In the cup my reflection Looks back at me unhappily You, who is strong enough to Carry me away from here Do you think you could take my hands into yours? And sweep my feet off these cold floors Show me a sunrise or two…or three For the setting of the sun has long haunted me And when the reds and goldens Of crisp, crisp leaves Shine all the way to the ground The beating of my heart Would gradually calm, Softly, til no more sound.