When all the smoke exhales itself and leaves her breathing air I beg your wretched fingers do unclench their tightened snare The smallest kind of human be the finest one I know And now that you have had your fill it's time to let her go Control is something you can claim but only o'er yourself your reach may travel far and wide but not to someone else Today is gone, tomorrow leaves as quickly as it came And even though the seasons break your heart remains the same Remember what the world was like when she walked into yours Although it's hard to see the way you did when she was born