Hush Now Don’t Despair

(Hush now, dont despair,

Hush Now, Don’t Despair

Hush now, don’t despair
Let fear take its grip
Ten sixths, ten shillings, sixpence spent
Trace back my unmarred face

The night wraps cold arms around
Softly, don’t fight sleep
Let darkness hold you down
I’ll keep vigil while you weep
Until the dark recedes from sight

I’ve counted every loss I’ve earned
Each sixth, each shilling, every turn
The ledger marks the body’s cost
Washes clean when light is lost
Unmarred, untouched under the tide
I purify in morning’s light

I’ll hold you through the long night through
Hum what our mothers used to sing
Sixpence to buy back what was mine
Before the world took everything

We fall apart but still we mend
And live to lose it all again
Unmarred, untouched, we breathe, we rise
We fall apart before sunrise