When the great cloud of witnesses dissolves from overhead And the sky is made empty and my feet are left wet No thunder in the valley, no wheel for the ride No stone to skip across the lip of the tide Where loneliness speaks loudest you whisper through the noise You're my silent partner, my companion in the void When winter tilts the world away from the warmth of the light And what fed us in the morning turns poison come night She's the candle in the window, the silk in the scarf The Darjeeling in the kettle, she's the gold on the hearth With coal and ember dying she breathes life to the spark You're my silent partner, my hand held in the dark When the Westerlies prevail and the stars un-allign And the doubts and damnation swirl in the doldrums of your mind No word to speak of comfort, no relief in the rhyme No song to throat, no antidote, no calm lullabye Permit me just to sit and hold this space with you awhile I'll be your silent partner, your companion on the mile Your companion on the mile