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He is one
he is alone
I am one
one of many
we are of him
but he is not of us
He is alone X2

there must be such sadness in greatness
such despair in perfection
He is alone

If I could take him to my breast
and kiss his worried brow
I would make a solemn vow
that in my arms he’d always rest
and never be alone

now in our time we can not touch
for kindness breeds distrust
we must arrest the urge to reach for the distressed
forsake the burdened stranger
leave him bereft of comfort’s warm caress (c)
still we will never be alone
there must be such sadness in greatness
such despair in perfection
such grand isolation
he is alone X2

If I could take him to my breast
I’d make for him a home
and fill it up with sons, and daughters
whose voices sang like river waters
who were not afraid to touch
or give themselves to every troubled heart with love
and bare up the hallowed olive branch
and tend the faultless dove
on muscle, blood, and soul, and bone
on wife’s devotion, mother’s love, and blessed home (c, g)
I would make my solemn vow
that he would never be alone X2

he would be my joy, and pride
and that would be my sin
(so) in the whole of me I ache with what I know
that when I die I’ll go to him
but he will always be alone X2

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from Widow Speak, track released February 12, 2016

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