with the flag waving free from the bow of your ship and the sun on your face and red wine on your lips with the wind at your back and the rain on your field may your love be your light and the darkness your shield but if you know the night sky and i know the stars then the moonlight will always be ours when our dreams fade to black with the cinders of sleep and our secrets weigh less than the ones we dont keep just remember my face when our eyes meet the dawn and youll gather your roses once the curtain is drawn when we laid you to rest in the october ground and your family and friends were all gathered around could you see our faces all crippled with grief the pain and remorse scattered round us like leaves