Lyrics

Wide and High, by Lauryn Shapter

I heard the news last night
That someone took their own life
Then I heard the news today
It was you who chose to leave us that way

I can’t say I knew you that well
So I didn’t know the hard places you could dwell
But I can’t seem to shake from my mind
The photos of you and how your light could shine

Chorus:
But no one takes your picture when you’re falling apart
When the light has gone out and the sky has grown dark
When your heart’s on the line and your soul’s going black
And you can’t seem to find your way back home

You moved like the prairie on the breeze
Swaying like the weeping willow trees
Your smile was as wide and as high
As the flyaway blue of an Iowa sky

Chorus:
But no one really knew how you were falling apart
How your light had gone out and your sky had grown dark
With your heart on the line and your soul going black
How could you find your way back

With your heart on the line the light fades to black
But I hope you can find your way back
To the smile that’s as wide and surely as high
As the flyaway blue of an Iowa sky