Veil

[Verse 1] I kept your letters In the sugar tin By the cracked blue plate Where the rain came in Your name went quiet On the hallway wall I touched that empty Like I touched a fall [Pre-Chorus] I made a room Out of what was gone I sat with the silence Till the dawn was drawn [Chorus] Veil over me Veil over me I let it fall I let it be Veil over me Veil over me What we could be Drifts out of reach [Verse 2] The mirror learned me In a borrowed light Soft with forgetting Sharp with every night I wore your absence Like a second skin Felt it go colder When the church bells began [Pre-Chorus] I made a room Out of what was gone I sat with the silence Till the dawn was drawn [Chorus] Veil over me Veil over me I let it fall I let it be Veil over me Veil over me What we could be Drifts out of reach [Verse 3] Now I keep moving Through the open years No more pleading No more borrowed tears The hurt was a window I once could not leave Now I stand inside it And learn to breathe [Chorus] Veil over me Veil over me I let it fall I let it be Veil over me Veil over me What we could be Drifts out of reach Veil over me Veil over me I keep the loss And let it sleep