Tread softly on my cold shaking bones
Hold me close, keep me near
Please don’t ever let me go.
Would you really like to know?
I’m holding on for life my dear
Tread softly on my cold shaking bones.
Let the stormy and raging wind blow
I know the answer, but it’s the answer I
fear
Please don’t ever let me go.
These changes—I’m afraid—I cannot
undergo
But the season’s close calls and the end
is near
Oh tread softly on my cold shaking
bones.
I’m weak and I’m bruised, as you finally
know
Swirls of purple and black fade out and
disappear
Please don’t ever let me go.
The strings of my heart have come unsewn
Your body’s the only creature I fear
Tread softly on my cold shaking bones,
And please don’t ever let me go.
