Flickering lamp, green flame Distant whine of the whining trains Petrichor morning, luminescent wave Buried vein of gold, I'll never see your face All the things I cannot hold I cannot save All the things I cannot hold I cannot save Fallen ginkgo leaf, tattered moth wing Crushed grass, lone tumbleweed Dark sunrise, broken pink vase Deep electric eel, silver sand in space All the things I cannot hold I cannot save All the things I cannot hold I cannot save You are everywhere, shadow in the eaves Fleet-footed messenger of oceanic feeling You are my medicine to soothe the lonely My poet's bread to fuel a memory All the things I cannot hold I cannot save All the things I cannot hold I cannot save