A Sword over Your Head Lyrics

You thought it might be just the flu

Something you ate, hay fever too

But it went on and on and on

Family doctor had no clue

Then all the tests that you went through

Before they said the word, you knew

And you've been living with a sword over your head

Worried and wondering how they will go on if you're dead

1, 2, 3, 4, it's been ages

Since you counted up the stages

And you know it won't be long

The roller coaster of your days

Is never coming back this way

But you do want to stay on

And you've been crying in the middle of the night

For there's no lying, you fear what's on the other side

It was her stop, end of the line

The moment heavy on our mind

She took a breath, one more time

With all her children gathered 'round

No more fear and, homeward bound

She took a breath, one last time

And I've been crying, in the middle of the night

For I've been living with her suffering on my mind