Hallelujah, I´m listening to a recording of you sleeping next to me A cappella, I´m listening to you cover Elliot Smith´s "Angeles" It´s these times I´ll need if you go
It´s these times I´ll need if you go, so
Get better, my darling I know you will Get better, my darling I know you will Get better
I´m drawn to the motorway The cold whoosh of trucks passing This nightmare under sodium light The orange spread is soul-quietening A younger you and a younger me Meeting at The Serpentine I am yours, you are mine
Happy birthday Staff smuggled in a card I made
It rests under your pillow When out of ICU I´ll cringe at all the "I love you"s The card retired the life of one biro At this time I wanted you to know At this time I wanted you to know Get better, my darling I hope you will Get better, my darling I hope you will Get better
I´ll start the day with tiramisu Raise a spoon to front line workers An underfunded principle They risk all to be there for us A younger you and a younger me Meeting at The Serpentine
I am yours, you are mine
You were the baker I´ll christen this new era with the smell of freshly baked bread Your Nutella, I´ll keep it in the cellar You were always a fan of that spread Six months on, there´s a car crash outside The fire brigade using the jaws of life No flush at night to sound your return I still pretend you´re only out of sight Front garden bouquet, I threw it at the fire brigade I was admonished and told to go back inside From the living room window I stand and watch the white sheet go over the family car and I close my eyes I still pretend you´re only out of sight in another room
Smiling at your phone I still pretend you´re only out of sight in another room Smiling at your phone I still pretend you´re only out of sight in another room Smiling at your phone I still pretend
A younger me, a younger you Meeting at The Serpentine The beginning of spring, you wore those yellow ripped jeans Your look defined my 2009 Your shyness stoked my boldness "Shall we go in?", I smiled Your hand warmed walking through the gallery (Get better, [laughs])
(Get better, [laughs]) I know I will My darling, I know I will