life in its splendor
is cut down to nothing
name ablaze among the stars
a funeral for the broken heart

break down in heartache
still lifeless, i stand here
burning like cancer
still waiting for an answer

everything i've known today
has made its home beyond the grave
fade away into yesterday
where you live on in memory

why have you gone
i cannot understand it
taken too soon
was it the way God had planned it

why was i left here
without you i'm nothing
a tear drop in my eye
as i look beyond and say goodbye