I Should Not Dare

I SHOULD NOT DARE TO LEAVE MY FRIEND

BECAUSE IF HE SHOULD DIE WHILE I WAS GONE AND I

TOO LATE

SHOULD REACH THE HEART THAT WANTED ME

IF I SHOULD STAB THE PATIENT FAITH SO SURE I’D COME

SO SURE I’D COME

IT LISTENING, LISTENING, WENT TO SLEEP RECITING MY TARDY NAME

MY HEART WOULD WISH IT BROKE BEFORE

SINCE BREAKING THEN IS USELESS AS NEXT MORNING’S SUN TO ERASE A MIDNIGHT’S TEAR