autumn is the only friend I keep

(Verse 1) The shadows stretch across the wooden floor, My heavy mind won't let me push away. I hear the whispers tapping at the door, The ghost of every unlived, broken day. The heavy fog rolls slow across the lawn, And whispers that the summer’s finally gone. (Chorus) Oh, and autumn is the only friend I keep, When all my bones are tired and won't stand tall. There's comfort in the way the shadows creep, It feels so peaceful to surrender to it all. Just let it fall. (Verse 2) The trees are shedding all their worn-out clothes, They stand unashamedly bare against the grey. Nobody asks you how your spirit grows, When the world itself is fading fast away. I watch the golden leaves give up the fight, And drift into the cold and quiet night. (Chorus) Oh, and autumn is the only friend I keep, When all my bones are tired and won't stand tall. There's comfort in the way the shadows creep, It feels so peaceful to surrender to it all. Just let it fall. (Verse 3) Then through the chill, a ribbon in the breeze, The ancient smell of wood burning from afar. It cuts right through the numbness and the freeze, Like tracing lines of smoke up to a star. It smells like hearths, and endings, and relief, A quiet space to cradle all this grief. (Chorus) Oh, and autumn is the only friend I keep, When all my bones are tired and won't stand tall. There's comfort in the way the shadows creep, It feels so peaceful to surrender to it all. Just let it fall. (Verse 4) So let the thermometer drop below the skin, Let the long nights swallow up the afternoon. I’m letting all the heavy silence in, Beneath the pale face of the harvest moon. The smoke curls up and carries off the pain, Until I don't feel broken anymore. (Chorus) Oh, and autumn is the only friend I keep, When all my bones are tired and won't stand tall. There's comfort in the way the shadows creep, It feels so peaceful to surrender to it all. Just let it fall.