You’re a work of art A mixture of beauty and sadness He might not have had the painter’s eye To make out such distinctions And as your body heals I ask you to remember This reality you built Won’t block out all dark, unnatural movements Grow old with me Grow old with me Blue leaves, white branches on the trees Oh the world See it, see it with me And I will build you a balloon Float you away from this place Where the Sun shines And hope doesn’t make you cave But now I stand as they pray All the people that have come to congregate As your mother gives me a false name So I can see you lie there In that lifeless state But I fear when you wake up You’ll still be needing that one man’s love And I won’t be enough So I sing to you While they fix your charcoaled Charcoaled lungs Grow old with me The best in life is yet to be Grow old with me The best in life The best in life The best So look me in the eye As I stand by your side You were telling me it was just a whim But the reality is You were an inch from this life So get angry with me Yell and scream Do what you need But do not wash this out to sea If I have to I’ll be the mirror that you need For when you wake up Not from death But unrequited love You’ll realize you are enough And there are many many Versions of true love ‘'cause there’s a hope There’s a light But it’s not by reaching the other side Its by letting those tears fall And confronting what hurts most inside Grow old with me The best in life is yet to be Grow old with me The best in life The best in life Grow old with me The best in life is yet to be Grow old with me The best in life The best in life The best Blue leaves whites branches on the trees Oh the world you see it See it with me And I will build you a balloon Float you from this place Where the Sun shines and Hope doesn’t make you cave But now I stand as they