VERSE 1

Slowly, oh, so slowly goes the spread of the stain
Two matching lines of punishment that ooze out her pain
Ivory turns red and her world turns upside down
She falls into the darkness, toward the onrushing ground
No scream or sob or plea or prayer does she cry out loud
It isn’t that she’s not afraid, but nor is she proud
Quietly, it seems—as though she knew from the start
She lets out her own seams and then she comes all apart

CHORUS 1

And I can
Do nothing more than watch her
And I am
Not fast enough to catch her
And I can
Not even reach her now
She doesn’t make a sound
And like a flash of lightning
Bang
Another angel down

VERSE 2

She never sheds a single tear or makes a complaint
She never even moves before the creep of the taint
Still as stone, she waits in pieces; where could she run
Surely, someday—now or later—morning must come
Even in the dead of winter, flowers will grow
Can it not be, also, that a shadow could glow
There is no place safe for someone broken to bits
And so she pulls herself together and just lies where she hits

CHORUS 1

VERSE 3

Beneath her hands, it seems the sands of time are as glass
She tries too late to hold on, but she’s going too fast
Her past and future are the present, all is a blur
She finds that the reflections are all looking at her
In their eyes, she sees what she was meant to have done
Sees where battles lost could have been battles she won
Realizing too late she could make it all right
She just lets go completely and slides out of their sight

CHORUS 2

And I can
Do nothing more than watch her
And I am
Not fast enough to catch her
And I can
Not even reach her now
She doesn’t make a sound
And like a flash of lightning
Bang
I can
Do nothing more than watch her
And I am
Not strong enough to catch her
And I can
Not ever reach her now
She didn’t make a sound
There was a flash of lightning
Bang
Another angel down