you always said 
you'd rather walk behind me 
so you could keep me from the night 

So I'd reach up high 
and wrap the stars around me 
still keeping safe within your sight 

Long ago there was a girl meek and unrefined and so... 
heart of gold in a broken frame 
dragged into the depths below 

and as she slipped and stole away 
into the garden of the low 
you could hear the whispers say 
I am smiling as I go 

you always said 
you'd rather walk behind me 
so you could keep me from the night 

So I'd reach up high 
and wrap the stars around me 
still keeping safe within your sight 

so litle girls, they fall alseep 
and dream of happier realities 
where your heart is safe on your sleeve 
and you can't make a mess baby, 

but when you wake and see the sun 
sometimes consciousness cuts like a blade 
and you wish you'd just never wake 

You always said you'd rather walk behind me 
so you could keep me from the night 
but now that I know my soul it comes alive when 
the safety falls beyond your sight 

You always said I shouldn`t walk alone 
but sometimes that`s where I need to be 
and I, I`m alive when nightfall holds me tightly 
and that`s just how it has to be