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 and your room was only just across a hall all it would have taken was a single call maybe sometimes you ve 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 and in the dark picture me in your mind and i ll lay with you you don t have to be scared at night 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 and you could see his brain 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 i don t want to anymore and in the dark picture me in your mind and i ll lay with you so you don t have to be scared at night and i flew to winnipeg on your final day they said that you waited till 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 cause maybe sometimes we ve 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 and in the dark 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