Sinking without you It's warm over here in the sun Laughing without you But our battle rages on Your solemn mood cried And my lofty mind Always far-reaching Spins the famous kind I'll remember you 'Cause you'll need me to I'll hold onto the symbols Our meaning our truth I'll remember you 'Cause you'll need me to And I'll grip you right close Until you can see The weight of our elders We're told its nothing at all Chaos and vampire Darkness at the end of the hall Secrets and memoirs A lifetime on how to forget Call yourself a mother Painted into a soubrette I'll remember you 'Cause you'll need me to I'll hold onto the symbols Our meaning our truth I'll remember you 'Cause you'll need me to And I'll grip you right close Until you can see They say it heals if we let it I can't get an answer Pit against each other Now cut out like a cancer I will mislead you You hear temptation call Come out and play but Now you're going to have to live on Still I can see you Standing there catching the light Gleaming to nowhere I think we'll be safe tonight I'll remember you 'Cause you'll need me to I'll hold onto the symbols Our meaning our truth I'll remember you 'Cause you'll need me to And I'll grip you right close Until you can see