Edward is Dedward

Farewell to Ed, for Ed is dead

The careless boy is laid to rest

A velvet floor to place his head

An empty bed, a wooden chest

Still beautiful in death

The moisture fogs my breath

Two hundred lowered eyes

A hundred mute goodbyes

I never thought your threats would come good

You never did what you said you would

Your mum and dad, they look so old

All huddled up in inky cloth

I'm not surprised, this room is cold

It's empty too, it stinks of loss

I sat with Dan and drank some beer

We hadn't spoken since last year

I took his hand, led him upstairs

Silently drew his body near

I couldn't see, missed you so much

Missed you so much I had to fuck

Between your sheets, a childhood clean

The pillows painted with your dreams

I didn't want to stop and think

How I should have said a thousand things

Yeah, but, hey, like we agreed, I will be brave

I will pour whiskey on your grave

Smoke cigarettes amongst the stones

Sprinkle champagne upon your bones

If burial restricts your view

I'll bring the city here to you

I'll pack the river and the clock

Wrap it into a picnic box

With golden bulbs and crystal mugs

My dancing heels will feel the mud

We'll disco boogie 'til the dawn

I'll teach this village how to mourn

A living room in future times

You're just a face above my fire

A funeral sound, a distant chime

I'll think of this and I will cry

Perhaps I'll drop my task

The sound of shattered glass

Thought I'd forgot at last

Some things just never pass

Easy to say, hard to believe

There'll come a day that I don't grieve

Until the time my body leaves

I will regret that you don't breathe