You've Passed

Neutral Milk Hotel

The lady is dying

She bends back like a wave

As her spirit is climbing

Through the hospital wall and away



And I wanted to hold you

As you made your escape

But now I should have told you

When your eyes were alive and awake



Always in life we all must make this mistake

And so I go it alone

And the pressure is great

I hold on to my own

Oh please oh don't go away



And I wanted to know you

Before you started to fade

But I gave everything to

A lie and a farce and a fake



Always in life we all must make this mistake

And so I go it alone

And the pressure is great

I hold on to my own

Oh please oh don't go away



I'd like to see you

When all of these angry days fall away