Lyrics
[verse]
They dressed you up in white for the last goodbye
Candles burning low under a paper sky
I never said the things I should have said out loud
Now I'm just a shadow lost inside the crowd
[chorus]
Sleep now, Marianne, the choir's singing low
We're marching in the rain to let the old year go
I would've held your hand through every storm and stone
But you were gone before I made it home
[verse]
The organ plays a hymn nobody wants to hear
Black umbrellas open, hiding every tear
I keep your letters folded in my coat
The ink's still fresh on every word you wrote
[chorus]
Sleep now, Marianne, the choir's singing low
We're marching in the rain to let the old year go
I would've held your hand through every storm and stone
But you were gone before I made it home
[bridge]
So raise the curtain, let the stage lights bleed
This is the one performance grief will need
I'll wear this sorrow like a velvet crown
And carry you until the sun comes round
[chorus]
Sleep now, Marianne, the choir's singing low
We're marching in the rain to let the old year go
I would've held your hand through every storm and stone
But you were gone before I made it home
