There is a space that holds the pain 
Like the sky holds the rain
And it’s a grand expanse 
Like how the leaves dance 
In the wind 
Like how my heart sparkled when he grinned 
And it’s not just errant love
Or the loss of peace or the birth of a dove
With an olive branch 
Sometimes I feel like I live on a cattle ranch 
Where people are always reigning me in 
And the bank tells me I must “begin” 
I dunno, the fuck that means 
When once upon a time the dreams
That were bricks and mortar bound 
Were found to be unsound 
And the country was austerified
And I’m not sure but I think they lied
When the whole thing was on the verge of collapse 
The whole territory identified on the maps 
That say where things are 
But they can’t categorise the star 
That burns in the midnight blue 
An old king hidden in the heart of you 
And they tell you to grow up and they tell you to cop on 
But I can’t get over what is never gone 
What just remains 
In spite of the stains 
As the tears streak down my cheek 
I’m in class and I get weak 
And I feel the faint coming on 
And I wait too long 
To steady the ship 
And some people may shoot from the hip 
I’ve always been straight down the line 
I always tell the doctors I’m fine 
When they doubt what I am 
I don’t think they have ever heard the can 
As it’s kicked down the road 
Doireann Fox asked me because I think it showed 
And I always wanted to tell her the height of admire 
Was held in my heart for hers on fire 
And it’s been so many years 
And I’ve kicked back with spirits and beers 
But they never seem to come near 
To the euphoria and the bliss
Of the one thing nobody can miss