your mommy's not gone

In the middle of the night a little girl handed me a note
but it was too dark to see, I couldn't read what she wrote
so I just rolled over and went back to sleep in my sleep
and I dreamed that it was light, and in my dream I didn't weep...

I woke up to a dark cloud with the the clock blarin' loud
and though I was alone, I was in the center of a crowd
There were people bumpin' into me like I wasn't even there
and since I wasn't really there, I didn't even really care
Slow-motion, fast-motion, just goin' through the motions
Like a ship lost at sea, tossed on the waves of the oceans
It seemed so real for bein' so surreal
I couldn't wait to get back to the time I didn't feel
but I had to wait, I had to live out my day
even though deep inside I felt like runnin' away
except where would I run to, I'd just be runnin' blind
No matter how fast you are, you can't outrun your mind
tick...tick...tick...tick...
That second hand doesn't move too quick
tock...tock...tock...tock...
Neither do the other hands on that clock
The sands of time crawl through these hands of mine
and as the day drags on I remembered the sign
I close my eyes, and reach deep, deep back
to the middle of the night, just before it got black
I never knew her name, so I couldn't remember her name
but I remembered that little girl, and that moment, just the same
Only this time it wasn't dark, the light allowed me to see
and I opened up the note that girl handed to me...

"hey mister, there's nothing wrong with showing sadness or fear
and trying to run away won't make the pain disappear
I've been watching you and I felt your tear
your mommy's not gone, she'll always be here"