Scared at night

As a child I would wake at night
I was scared but I kept real quiet
Shadows on the walls moving in on me
And underneath my sheets I could barely breathe
But your room was only just across the hall
All it would have taken was a single call
Maybe sometimes we got to trust ourselves
Not to scream out loud and run like hell

Believe me
All the days you're unsure
Believe in me
I don't want to anymore
In the dark
Picture me in your mind
And I'll lay with you
You don't have to be scared at night

And as a young man you were shooting rats
By accident you hit the farmyard cat
He ran for the fields and came back the next day
You had blown out his eye, you could see his brain
But your dad said "Boy, there are some things in life
You don't want to do but you know is right
So take him out back and finish him off"
You got your gun off the shelf, it only took one shot

Believe me
All the days you're unsure
Believe in me
'Cause I don't want to anymore
In the dark
Just picture me in your mind
And I'll lay with you
You don't have to be scared at night

And I flew to Winnipeg on your final day
They said that you waited until I came
We sang your favorite hymns and we held your hand
You took your final breath and that was that
But I'd never seen a person die before
I tried so hard not to cry, you know
And maybe sometimes we got to trust ourselves
That when you die you go someplace else

Believe me
All the days you're unsure
Believe in me
I don't want to anymore
In the dark
You can picture me in your mind
And I'll lay with you
You don't have to be scared at night

You don't have to be scared at night
You don't have to be scared at night


Lyrics are interpreted from the 2007-06-07 performance and may not be completely accurate. Lyrics from the 2006-03-27 performance here.

 

Written by
Kathleen Edwards

BMI NR -

Comments
"[It] kind of stem from some childhood memories, and realizing maybe your parents have lots of wise words that you're in denial of for many years, and it's sort of drawn from an experience of that."
[bbc.com]


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