By Your Side Lyrics

We went to see the doctor

He said your heart was two times small

He said that you can feel the difference

I said you've hardly loved at all

When we told it to your father

He broke down on the kitchen floor

You watched him crumble from a distance

It made him cry a little more

You try your hardest not to feel

And the life you lead just isn't real

Yet I will feed you when you're sick

I will sit with you, my dear

I saw you cry against her tombstone

The mother who taught you not to feel

I'm sure she cried with you, baby

But she would warn you not to heal

And when it shrinks a little smaller

And when you all stay firm and strong

I will show you what love is

Like I have shown you all along

You try your hardest not to care

And the life you lead lies plain and bare

Yet I will feed you when you're sick

I will lay with you, my dear

I'll lay by your side

I'll lay by your side

I'll lay by your side

I try my hardest not to care

At the thought of you not being there

But I won't resent you if you leave

Just shrink my heart as I grieve