Mount Eerie - Swims

^BbI can't get the image out of my ^Chead ^{Gm F}Of when I held you right there ^Gm And wat^Bbched you die^{F Bb}Upstairs in the back bedroom ^Cof our^Gm house ^GmWhere we have lived for many years ^FYour last gasping breaths ^Gm I see it agai^Bbn and again ^{F Bb}As the breeze blew i^Cn ^{Gm F}The room I still don't go in at nig^Gmht ^BbBecause I see yo^Fu ^BbYour transformed, dying face will reced^Ce with time ^GmIs what our counselor said Who we w^Falked to every Monday, holding ha^Gmnds Slower eve^Bbry week with your breathing^{F Gm}Until we had to drive Bu^Bbt then only two months after you died^{C Gm}Our counselor died ^FAll at once, her empty office with no light o^Gmn ^BbAs if her work was done^F

We are a^Gmll always so c^Amlose to not existing at ^Bball ^C Except in the con^Gmfusion of our su^Amrvived-bys grasping at the e^Bbchoes ^C T^Bboday our daughter asked me if ma^Cma swims ^Gm I told her, "Y^Fes, she does ^Gm And that's probably a^Bbll she does Now." ^F W^Gmhat was you is n^Amow borne across w^Bbaves Evap^Corating