Analysis of Lie Down on Me

I wait for you in the moonlight
In the quiet of the night
Within this room that holds
So many moments of your life

The dreams you've dreamed
Still linger here
Between these flower-papered walls
That look beyond the window
At the Autumn leaves that fall

A quilted robe lies draped across
A wicker rocking chair
That held you and rocked you
When grief
Was more than you could bear

A bassinet now empty
Where once a baby slept
Remains enshrined
Chained to a time
By the million tears you wept

A picture of a handsome man
With you there by his side
A bride and groom so in love
With stardust in their eyes

Stands behind a pane of glass
Within a gilded frame
Where your lip prints and
finger prints
On its surface..still remain

And now...
I hear your slippers
As they slide across the floor
And I hear...
Your laboured breathing
Outside this bedroom door

And  I know that soon
I'll hold you
Here in this flower-papered room
And soothe your old
And frail body
In the light of a silver moon

I...your old companion
An antique Rosewood Bed
Let me hold you...Mary Beth
I..the best friend you've ever had

Let me hold you through the night
And bring you back...again
Sweet Mary Beth
Into the morning light.