"Absence" lyrics

If I leave tomorrow
Would you be alright?
Would you be filled with sorrow?
Would you put up a fight?
How can I protect you
When I don't feel alright?

If I just vanished
Do you think you'd manage?
Or would you disappear right beside me?
Do you think you're ready
When I go unsteady?
Lover, please prepare for my absence

If I left the country
Would you search and search?
Or would you give up easy
And find me in the dirt?
Would I live forever
Or blend right into earth?

If I just vanished
Do you think you'd manage?
Or would you disappear right beside me?
Do you think you're ready
When I go unsteady?
Lover, please prepare for my absence

Absence makes a heart grow stronger
Pray my baby will not squander
Everything to gain by my leaving
And if I can return the favor
Pray my baby always savors
Every moment we were both present

'Cause if I just vanished
Do you think you'd manage?
Or would you disappear right beside me?
Do you think you're ready
When I go unsteady?
Lover, please prepare for my absence