A song to rest

hold me close my love, my body is trembling
there is nothing in this shell tonight
i don't know how to pour out this heavy heart
as i see you asleep on the back of my love song

hold me close my love, i need you more than ever now
this soldier has laid down his armour and now your right,
his heart is open, take aim- my love
and may you find your mark for the sake of his pathetic plight

hold me close my love, i have no more reason
its been lies this far and i have been unwise
when i think of you i hold back and smile,
and in the morn, if you see swollen eyes with a
smile on my face, please baby, let me lie.

please, my love, hold me, my heart is a fumbling
hold me gently in your arms,
sometimes i think, together we can make it, but tonight i am struggling
hold me gently my love as you lay me down to rest,
this soul is weary and i have put you my love through the test

and as my breathing ceases and i stumble towards my resting place
i pray to god to hold me close for i need a place,
and when I see him love, i shall ask him to send you a truth that shall last
for can the one who loved me much abandon me into this still, beautiful twilight?