Rykarda Parasol - Hold Back the Night lyrics

The story never checked out I heard too many versions What truly happened that night? There's no way of learning Your friend said Abe was there too And you had to cover his tracks That was the time I realized They'd gone and can't come back The family dropped the charges They simply buried their son They recognized, as we all did Twas mostly a case of terrible luck Two boys laid side beside One now dead and the other half alive You can try to back the night And though I no longer loved him I knew him as my brother He seemed a goblin to me now So I went and grabbed my lantern… I said keep him busy I'll be there less in than a day We'll find him safety - maybe sanity There really has to be a way I plundered through every drawer of yours To see if I could find my match There she was - dark and mysterious Wrapped in tin, she was quite a catch I hated her for loving you For soothing all your pain For telling you I was the evil one Only interested in my own gain I knew you stood alone Nothing I could do to fix Doctor said expectations were too high The boy needed me gone and quick Two boys laid side beside One now dead and the other half alive You can try to hold the night back Do you remember when I told you I found Mrs. Zaracota dead? She was sitting upright a Friday morning Reading a book in bed The night before she told me She had still so many plans Then I felt the soldier's shadow at my side Drain all the blood from my hand The blood was gone and my hand blue The night I knew to make the call The voice on the end of the phone Told me what I soon saw: Two boys laid side beside One now dead and the other half alive You can try to back the night You can try to back the night You can try to back the night You can try to back the night