Garden of Leaving

Lyrics for Garden of Leaving

I saw the beauty of the harbor And the stillness of the water I wondered if our daughter could also see it You were howling in the corner While the doctor asked us questions The name we chose is all you kept repeating The drive home was unbearable The baby seat held nothing but a feeling Our greatest joy had come into the world The same day she would leave it My eyes became a window You were looking through for comfort Like an animal in winter seeking shelter When we pulled into the driveway Of the home we built together It felt so far away from the plans that we conceived The door cried when it opened And every wall sounded like it was grieving An echo in the darkness said you're home In the garden of leaving As the lights began to flicker Only briefly apparent The time between each flash became a mirror And standing in the kitchen With a hundred miles between us Wondering if we’d ever try again Will I ever lose this part of me Is it circumstance or irony repeating Knowing we were born and forced to stay In the garden of leaving