Say It Till The End

(hummmm) (hummmm, mmm) Sixty winters folded in your palm

The paper on the counter,

quiet and calm

The doctor's voice comes soft,

like weather turning

I hold you closer,

everything in me returning

You squeeze my hand,

ask me not to hide

Just this once, before the tide

So I sit here,

steady, calm Give you what I always promised

— The truth, and my open palm

Say it til the end

However this goes

I'm not leaving what we built to pretend

I'll be here, and everyone knows

Say it til the end That's the vow I chose

You ask me, "Will it be alright?"

I could lie,

make it light

Instead I say, "I don't know,

love

But I'm not going anywhere above

Or beyond you, not tonight"

Forty years of saying plain

Choosing you again, again

This is harder than the rest But it's the truth that's always

blessed

Everything we've been

Say it til the end Even when it's this

I won't soften what the truth intends I'll hold you through

the fear and the mist

Say it til the end

Nothing left to miss

Maybe love was always this Not the fixing,

just the stay

Not the answer, just the honest

Hand you hold along the way

Say it til the end And past it,

if I can

Every truth I had was always meant To end up in

your steady hand

Say it til the end

That was always the plan

Say it til the end...

Still saying it now

(Ohh, ohh...)