[00:00.00] 作曲 : MARY CARPENTER
[00:01.00] 作词 : CARPENTER, MARY
[00:22.56]These are your instructions
[00:25.43]Should you choose to follow
[00:27.87]Sit down with pen and paper
[00:31.00]Begin with something hollow
[00:33.24]Like the last words he offered
[00:35.74]No kind of explanation
[00:38.12]They only take up space here
[00:40.81]You do not need to save them
[00:43.81]
[00:48.43]Open up the closet
[00:52.24]Find his winter coat there
[00:53.81]Check inside the pockets
[00:56.18]Find a crumpled note there
[00:58.99]It says "milk and Sunday paper"
[01:01.87]And a heart smudged in blue ink
[01:03.53]
[01:04.78]Fold it up and box it before you've time to think
[01:08.85]
[01:14.28]Sundays are the hardest
[01:15.85]
[01:16.78]Avoid familiar back roads
[01:18.47]
[01:20.60]Erase the old phone numbers
[01:22.41]Delete all the photos
[01:24.97]And those you haven't heard from
[01:27.29]Will come as no surprise
[01:29.72]They made their calculation
[01:32.91]When they chose a side
[01:36.41]
[01:46.04]These are your instructions
[01:48.41]When you become reclusive
[01:51.79]
[01:53.16]When old friends say they miss you
[01:54.81]When sleep becomes elusive
[01:56.50]Fill up every journal
[01:58.37]Empty every shoebox
[02:01.06]Burn the lists and letters
[02:03.56]Sweep out all the old thoughts
[02:06.06]Shake off all the covers
[02:08.68]Throw every window open
[02:10.94]Stand here in your bare feet
[02:13.69]Welcome in the morning
[02:16.19]These are your instructions
[02:18.93]When grace has left you stranded
[02:21.81]When you are lost and wounded
[02:23.52]
[02:24.40]Bleeding and abandoned
[02:25.21]
[02:36.71]Use a tourniquet for pressure
[02:39.77]Let time do it's healing
[02:42.09]Say prayers for good measure
[02:44.71]When you think you've lost all feeling
[02:47.02]Now walk into the guest room
[02:49.77]The last place he was sleeping
[02:52.21]See the outline on the pillow
[02:54.77]Smooth it without weeping
[02:56.71]
[03:02.52]One last final walk through
[03:05.27]Now move the bags and boxes
[03:07.52]From front porch onto back seat
[03:09.40]
[03:10.90]Haul away the losses
[03:12.52]
[03:13.21]These are your instructions
[03:15.40]If you choose to follow
[03:18.15]Stop and take a big breath
[03:20.27]
[03:20.90]Begin with something hollow