Take the ring off of your finger Take the pictures off the wall Phone your friends up one by one To say "it's over" Let the words and tears fall Tell your kids "your Daddy's on the phone He wants to tell you both goodnight" You tuck them in and say the words You try to believe "Everything will be alright" Oh you might think you know what's right or wrong You only know when - Life goes on In one day all the world you knew is gone All that's left is - Life goes on Heard the news about your boy today Take the blankest from your sleeping bed Lay them out beneath the stars Feel the wonder of it all We're so small In this place - by the grace - of a beating heart We might think we live on higher ground Warm and dry and safe and sound In one day all the world you knew is gone All that's left is Life Goes On We can build these towers tall and strong Never think that they might fall In one day all the world we knew is gone All that's left is life goes on In just a moment he was gone All your friends hear one by one The unthinkable's come Let the words and tears fall We all wonder how we'd bear the loss How we'd face the empty room Surely every day that dawns We'd think "this must be wrong 'Cause the world is missing you" You might think you know you're weak or strong You only know when life goes on In one day all the world you knew is gone All that's left is - Life goes on