I awoke to find you coughing
Like so many nights before
You just smiled at me through the sickness
And said you couldn't suffer through more

Then you asked me to give you mercy
As the tears rolled down my face
And you whispered that you'd miss me
And then you left alone in this place

I pleaded for forgiveness
As you slipped away into the light
When the angels came to take you
And left me alone in the night

Then you lay there, still like the winter
As your skin turned as cold as snow
And I held you tight through the morning
And it was so hard to finally let go

I pleaded for forgiveness
As you slipped away into the night
When the angels came to take you
And left me without your light
And left me without your light