Taking a bite into the blue And it comes up the colour of you As I dive into the ocean And it’s all rhythmic motion In the life I cannot live Is it time to forgive The darkness of my past Who knew that this would last So very long Correct me if I’m wrong But you loved that I love that song As you curl up by my side Say that I make you feel alive And now it’s all gone away What was it you didn’t say Coz I’m dying to know And I won’t leave it be so Just tell me what you need to admit I looked at you and I sit Beside you surreptitiously Vulnerably confess to me Like a secret you can’t bear to keep I’ll visit you in the safety of sleep
Holding my breath and biding my time What is the going rate for a tidal crime Coz I scrambled my way to the surface As I rose through the darkest perfect Fallen from the sky I’d known I guess you could say that I’ve grown Up and out in so many ways But I still get caught in what someone says And I see a starling in the air I close the night with the power of prayer To open up and embrace Do more than just save face But admit my flaws Be the water when the ice thaws Be something that’s worth standing for Can I be something the people adore Or do I just enlarge the schism React with pain or replace division With a wealth of wisdom true Do you think I could trust in you
Something happened to set the scene And wake me up from the dream And it was all I could do not to exclaim That you need sky for the clouds to rain As I discovered a newfound glory Something exists outside the story And it’s living itself as me It’s like the storm has been set free To wage its unholy war To show you what peace is for And it’s broken me down to a fragment I’m still looking for where the person went As it vacates the premises I let go of the notion of nemesis As everything turns to a quiet state Do we have to learn to hate When we’ve been set free I let the chains fall off of me
I woke with a pain in my head As fear raked across me like dread And I fought to overcome The flaw of being young Coz happily I’m happenstance And love is the great dance Around a merry swing Did you hear me give up everything For the dream of holding on But the space you leave is long gone And I try to patch it with needles and thread As I’m lying in my lonely bed Just scraping by on what I can manage Though I fail to admit the damage That you did with one look You could read about it in a book But it happens in real life too And it was my luck it happened with you
I know it’s unfair to exclaim That you save me from all the pain That I brought to bear on myself Now I’m searching for the answer in someone else And you never had anything to do With what I faced without you Coz I made that choice all on my own And I’ve never felt alone Coz I’ve always had support And a steady kind of rapport With everyone I seem to meet I’m fire so the heat Is to be expected Don’t take my manners for being disrespected I’m only playing a xylophone on you And I want you to sing along to The refrain we effortlessly make I do it for the both of our sake
The non spectacular nature of Now Is something that makes me weak somehow As I stare at the trees They remind me to get up off my knees And stand in the shine that is the sun Like God is calling and I am the one Who must walk the path of being still And many things change, this never will As the ochre of sunsets burn in your eyes And there is a love that never dies I found it on the green of the room Across from the front hall and I attune To the sound of Heaven’s bells As they call out to me amid ne’er do wells And I’m walking down paces on the avenues I’m all red as they play the blues In summertime or winter cold I’m frozen at the age of not getting old
Enough of your reign over this land I was honest and faithful, you were underhand And you always find ways to point out my flaws Say what’s underneath when the ice thaws And you gave me pause A moment to think about a hidden clause In all you perambulate Find a way to get out of that state And into another You were never close to being a brother To me And I see All the design done deleteriously Is falling into my palm You were the storm before the Great Calm
We could have a fifty year stand And I could live with holding your hand But I could never be bound to profess That I’m anything more than this minidress And what I’m meaning to confess Is that I reach for you in my distress But I don’t see forever in your eyes Because, you know, everybody dies And I lost him at seventeen When I wasn’t even in the dream Just walking back from lunch Ignoring that petty hunch That had you sidelines and sideways I don’t care what anybody says Anymore coz they’re all liars And I’ve set one too many fires Under who I’m meant to be I’ve grown up but still don’t see And the diagrams all refract The way you can’t get people back Once you’ve lost your hold on them If I could would I live it again? Just to feel the same old pain If you walk on grass do you curse the rain That made it green and fresh It’s been years but I don’t forget
There’s something superb on my window pane And all of my fighting I have done in vain Coz he’s waiting for me when I get home And there’s nothing I ever have to do alone And he’s sweet and innocent Pausing and true I let him fall into open arms and you Are always there when I get back There’s nothing in me that you lack As you fail to find refuge in foreign seas And get diagnosed with the dreamer’s disease But it’s not make believe that he was there And I found a diamond in true care
The burning furore that sits in my chest The need to always be the best And speak out what no one’s talking to Is it wrong to put the spotlight on you To shine away what’s been kept hidden It’s beautiful, it is unbidden And it’s longing just to find a home You’re beautiful as you are, alone
Is it just a private grievance Always holding myself back Because I see the wings of angels Ready to attack For all I’m lost and holding Forever to the degree It’s infinitesimal But it means the world to me To see you reengage With the world that you know I’d be waiting for you I said it to you slow So the mountains bate their breath And everything in between Is like a summer in the winter Or waking from the dream
I was the white girl in the room The first time the end came too soon And I made tea for Nina and Kamile And you wouldn’t think it but this shit’s real As I learn things I didn’t know About how corporate America go And tear down the African soul We’re still the colour the waves roll And I stood out coz of my skin I was in the lift just silent with him And he’s got dreads and is so cool I tell him about DJ in school But am I just being tone deaf To walk the way, well what the eff And what the hell do I know The privilege of my skin to show Why is the world this way And it’s not just what the country say It’s continental persecution You have those lives that are so brutal Just a struggle to survive So I can find appliances with which to vibe And do I just become organic Does that mitigate the titanic Task of hunger facing us Why can’t we just learn to trust And share like children do But we grasp onto what we think is true And defend our own positions That turn into ammunition With which we can stare the enemy down But I’m turning tables as we turn around To a sudden kind of consciousness It’s a shift in our distress Away from the heavy handed tide I care that every child survives And has a place to call home More than adequate and all alone More than just the mute discard I acknowledge they have it hard And there is more that I can do Just tell me what you Need from me at any time I don’t want to hoard what is mine But open arms and let it be It’s time to wake up and see And know and sudden realise That we are one under the skies So blue and heavenly open free You call out and destiny Will shake and break this whole thing up There’s got to be more to Love Than just watching your own back Or finding somewhere to attack There is a season true It’s one for all and all for you
He writes songs about the chad And the Irish way of feeling bad About it But you couldn’t doubt it When it’s falling from his lips And it is an eclipse From the depths of blue rivers run There’s no way of seeing the sun Not when he’s got a song And I’ve gotta say there’s nothing wrong With all I’ve grown up to be It’s only now I’m starting to see The landscape hidden from view Thanks for sharing your vista And I know I could’ve missed ya But I just saw the sea Rising up from the wintery Snow that you’ve been freezing in Abjectly shivering But put your hands to the blaze It’s a fire that’s learned to save
Is it too long left unspoken I say, man, I’m only joking But I’m serious as death can be I loved you so I set you free But I spend every moment wishing you were here I love you so much, my dear And I every time I fail to catch I leave the door on the latch Just in case you’ll walk in And I make up stories of me and him To keep me warm in the grey dark And I just walked around Central Park Wondering what was there to give If there’s a life I can let live But somehow moments in the stunning And I’m just running, running Away from this pain that caved inside Is there a reason why I hide From all I thought I knew It all revolves around you
Is marriage the line I cannot traverse And I can only watch them rehearse And get ready for the big day Pretend I don’t care anyway When all I love is walking down the aisle And seeing you turn and spill a smile Into my eyes eternally But you’re looking at her, not me And I shouldn’t be jealous Or covet what’s hers It’s just you were mine Amongst the firs As we make Heaven Come down to Earth And I wash away The pain that you hurt With, to you and many Now I see her in your gaze And there isn’t any Anything I can do to change The way the molecules rearrange To the sound of sulfur on your breath Tinged with my greatest regret
Is this goodbye Now I’m letting go Of the pain that had me Wedded to you, you know And every tale I keep in a locket Is a symbol of How they forgot it Coz the season changes And time renews And what’s bad in the morning Becomes old news I click my heels together When I hear your name It’s been an ocean And I won’t be the same But loving you slightly Will always be Taking a dram Of straight destiny
Like a bottle of vitriol I keep on call Like I’m talking to crowds And then to the wall Coz I’ve got this pulse That hammers my veins And I keep hearing quotes And magnificent refrains That call me to be Something new And I don’t owe anything To the memory of you Coz I fight with the dream The fabric I’d crafted I remember the moment That you felt I laughed at All you could not be And you always said You were jealous of me And I kept it like a secret Honor bound Til you changed your tune And the sound Turned to clashing symbols I’m covering my ears Waiting for the air to clear And tell me that I’m Safe again And I found dew drops In the eyes of men To patch up What you tore of me But I love them honest So I set them free To keep what I’d taken In circumstance But they always Ask me to dance And I can’t say no But where would you go If you knew the truth The black mark that became my youth All because I Splintered the prose And you simply Took another road That lead you down An avenue Don’t say that you miss me Coz I don’t miss you And I’m not gonna lie And say it’s okay I still remember The pain of that day And the weeks and months And years to follow When what had been full Suddenly seemed hollow And I can’t say that you Carved out a mark Coz there are no forms In the magnificent dark Only the feeling That all is well Is it time To show and tell
I’m burning up like the flow of the river As all of life calls me to forgive her Coz I can’t split in two just to spite my face Or deny the regard of constant disgrace And I was only a teen But I saw through the cracks in the dream Untoward a vast expanse Where music makes the people dance And I feel as though I’m on fire Like I’ve been lit by something higher But it always seems to come back to ground Like I’m rooted in the sound Of you saying goodbye Then realizing what it means to die As I sweated it out in the class Then fell victim to what could not last And I stirred on the floor as I heard her call It was like I’d lost the wall Separating me from creation A moment stunned and then elation You can call it enlightenment or waking up Or just realizing all is love Then I see you with your eyes downcast And I try to forget the past But the memory of the crush is ever fresh And I’m still not there yet At the part they say release But I may just be at peace
Is getting souped up A safety or a sin Are they with me Or out to get him As we walk on by Longing for the weather to try Something we can predict Did the trouble stick To your name She sighs and says they’re all the same As they pound the beat With doom walking their feet Into a crevice Trying to get out You look at me But you are all doubt And I cannot stare Once I know what is there And you’ve outgrown a skin Looking for days at what’s within
Everyone is in various states of disarray They check at the till to see what they’ve to pay And they click on their phone so they’ll be liked I’ll always be worried that I’ll ignite Coz I’m so clearly made of flame One day they’ll all know my name And not for the wrong reasons The time is changing, passing seasons The leaves fall off the trees You discard what they believe Coz it doesn’t fit the shoe You’ve come to walk as you
Don’t judge a book by its cover Do not simply name me lover Because I’m effusive and full of heart And only too eager to play my part Don’t judge the sky by its rain You know this moment won’t come again And the clouds that seem to pour themselves down Will one day be ocean in which you can drown Don’t judge time by its age There’s more to ink than what’s on the page There’s more to be said than what’s verbalized And I could get lost in his chasming eyes Don’t judge a star by its light It will one day run out of jet fuel, alright And turn black hole dark Collapse on itself from whence came the spark Don’t judge me by what I say I’m iceberg lettuce and I’m deep okay In your salad green Not everything is as it may seem Don’t judge yourself by your pain Each moment you have will not come again There’s more to each bar than what’s left ajar So let go of the journey when it is too far Don’t judge a route by the road Each car that you see is eventually towed Or sold for parts You can place your stead in the queen of hearts But don’t judge a night by the moon That is not there coz before you know soon Reflected light will perforate The dream of dark that kept you in that state Don’t judge a sea by the roll Of waves that come to crush your soul If you leave the trees be and get up off your knee Maybe someday you will finally see Don’t judge love by its pull Every headache will eventually dull And find yourself peace amid what will not cease I’ve got to let you in on the paper crease
Before my youth is washed out to sea I’ve got to stand up and proudly be me And the ages tick like a clock Only reflecting all that I am not Coz the seasons keep changing on a wheel And I keep saying no deal Coz I know all that I’ll come to be And it’s only on the surface that you cannot see What’s brewing eternally
There were so many men That stood at the show Most of them With hair white as snow If at all I guess aging Is it’s own freefall But the room rose To congratulate Them for losing A peace of slate On the houses you could build Nothing can happen unless it’s willed And some shores come crashing to the sea But you can’t blame them if you ask me I see their fragility As the applause rings Like the song somebody sings And it’s an empty refrain Coz loss is heaven unless it’s pain And the cataclysm reached my door I couldn’t say I hate them anymore Coz nothing but words spell the times Could you convict them of war crimes Or all that’s legitimate It is when there’s a story you’re running with
I feel myself sinking down into the midnight The absence of perfume, the absence of light The dawn of knowing what you cannot say The reluctant acceptance of what cannot stay And I know in the storm there is a break of day And when you trust in God it’ll all be okay But sometimes the ocean is just too deep And I try to catch a few moments of sleep Before I awaken with a start Like everything good it comes from the heart
They’re selling an American Dream But I’m walking on a moonbeam As it guides my way home And tells me I’m not alone As I open out into the vast expanse Perceive the space as the molecules dance To make up the shape of me The frame of what is memory Held together by a subtle flaw I wonder is ice real as it starts to thaw
You’re burning up the atmosphere Like the ozone layer is clear And fuck that bullshit, I spin the dial And listen to you sincere Coz the guy beside me loves me And I love him too But the worst of the weather Means it is not you And closing my eyes is all I can do So that I won’t know The places where I should not go Though they call to me An elephant graveyard or Eternity Could you please give me a clue You laugh and say the answer too!
Is it just my hormones Making me love you A perfect match A patch for two Or is it something deeper That we might share I know that I love you I know that you care And when all the wilderness Lets me go Will I still be there At the end of the show Coz I just wanna hold your hand And have you feel The decades of love With which I cannot deal As they wrap around The map of your frame And I twirl on my fingertips The headtrip of your name
I’ve got the fear of missing out on stuff And most of that is love Coz they’ve all got stars in their eyes And I’m full of existential why’s As Peter dances with me in the club I may have kept the ticket stub As he laughs when I say hi And I begin to think he’s superfly But it could never work coz it’s not the dream And I’m holding out for what could’ve been Don’t you think you’d know at first sight And your smile is kryptonite And there’s nothing more to say Did I adore the way Your reflection keeps the style And I’m down for a long while And I don’t understand why you’re still on my mind When I thought that had left nothing in kind And is it wrong to profess my dues When I’m walking my own shoes And have the rhythm of soul And a heart of fire that’s burning with coal Do you think we could be something still? Even if you forget I never will
Do you really want to know what lies in Ghost City It’s all victimhood and self pity As the doors all swing shut And I’m obsessed with the land my heart abuts Because it’s never right now, it’s always tomorrow And I make a living out of sorrow As I trek to nowhereland Do you know life’s made of sand And the hourglass holds your hand As it quietly evaporates You can journey through many states But the most valuable just might be The ones that require integrity To get through intact Is it a sin I don’t want you back And forgiveness flows through my veins But I’ve spent years in imaginary chains Thinking of what you did to me Constructing some kind of history That makes sense of the haunting tone When I’m in my room all alone But it’s always been with me As I grapple with intensity And let people believe the lie That death is when people cry
Leaving a paper trail of tears behind me I’m overwrought so never mind me As I build a new monument to all that’s fallen I’m in the Deep South and they are drawling As they curb all anticipation Can I watch your tv station Just for a little while I made you see, you made me smile And all I can think of is torment The indigenous people and where they went Forced across rock and stone Broken in their skin and bone But with their Spirit true I can still have faith in You As all comes crashing like a wave Is it sin to abdicate to save And hold a hand Is the shore more than sand And if a rock is hewn to bits Do you have space to sit with it Or does its impermanent tone Remind you what it’s like to be alone Moving weight like old stone I’d hold back but I’ve already shown All of my stars to you I’ll love you if you want me to
So mad I’m taking all these pills As I fight the doctor in a display of wills But he always seems to win the day And make the point I’m not okay And sometimes I agree As I picture a man down on one knee That might pick me up But I’m heavier than the weight of love Can carry when it all boils down I spilt the beans, you went to town Aghast at all the mess is made You’re throwing the game, I’m throwing shade And we’re just resting in the silence deep I don’t want to be less than the promise you keep As the wings of love glide I’m coming out of where I hide To know the sunshine as my true nature And where you landed left a crater In the ground of me Mother Earth or destiny Shaken to my core I try not to love you anymore But it just pulls me back Don’t see me as just a hack That has to get her stories down I hum as I drive out of town Past a scene I know so well If I shared a secret would you never tell?
She’s rewriting the rule book Like I did with a school look As I ran up and down the halls Some are chasing dreams, I’m chasing walls To keep me safe and closeted in But it takes a breath for the night to begin And once it does you can’t go back Obsessed with how they have all you lack And she shines But I’ve written that story a thousand times As I begged to be let in Then got caught in the full glare of a grin That suddenly shone on me Asked for my hand and my integrity And I fell victim to An obsession with the form of you When the midnight calls my name And I nonchalant all the same Your absolutely sincere Does intimacy mean more than near Coz this close is comfortable Like we’re both being vulnerable And almost to touch I gotta say I love you so much Behind the folds of a page This moment will never age
We’re up here at 39000 feet Where the cold is warm as the elements meet And make a force of nature new If you don’t know I’m talking about you As somewhere we swim inside the depth And the best thing about Now is what is unmet By the forest in kind of trees and of beers And I lost myself in the years and years Trying to find what can’t be described All the while knowing I’m still alive Coz I feel this heart beat through my skin But there’s a part of me that’s deeper within Than any skin and bone can mend And death is simply not the end Just a continuum of undefended peace Or a moment of great release As all of the sidewalks lead into one Trust in God and in the Son
There was a panic at the disco when I walked in And I threw my coke at the guy who flashed me a grin And grabbed my ass Without ever thinking to ask Me for the time of day Hey, bro it’s not okay And I’m more than forests green I’m much more than I may seem And someday in the starshine I will come to really own what’s mine
Settling into the ocean I’m not afraid of the fear of motion And everything is all commotion It’s bliss to miss what they call devotion And I’m always wiser when I’m drunk Trying to sip my way out of a ship that’s sunk Trying to talk my way out of this funk Without having to shake my junk And I know that’s kind of crass To think you have to move your ass To get any kind of attention I’m growing but I dare not mention What I have to do to be me I will not sacrifice my dignity
Her love is tragedy Like she could pageant me And I can see the loss The way she dots her t’s And if I love her It’s my disease But she picks me up Off from my knees When I’ve been crying For a season Like this pain Comes without any reason And the doubt Holds me together She patches me up Despite the weather
The guy in the line was really sweet And I wonder about fate and how we meet Under the sky of a new sun And anybody could be the one With your jet black hair and stolen eyes The way you say there are no lies And I’ve always been one of the guys But love takes my hand to my own surprise As I revel in misery and the grief Of losing all that I invest belief In now the times are dual But Advaita is beyond the rule Of anything that dare contain Can you learn to love the pain
There’s just this peace And I know that it should really cease When I’ve lost someone But love is not done And expands from out my heart As quick as a skip rhythm part And in time with tune There is a presence in the room That announces this It is more than a first kiss
Giving myself permission to open up I’ve got to be vulnerable if I wanna love And I’m risking the pain coz damn sure it’s there But I’ve gotta trust if I wanna care And the wind blows no matter which way I turn A fire sign has just gotta burn Til the ashes turn phoenix new Til I see myself reflected in you And I know I’ve got problems, I know I’ve got vices But I am the queen of no compromises As I utter the truth as it sits on my breath I say to the sky; don’t let me forget Coz I wanna grow up, I don’t wanna away But there’s room in this house for peace to stay And open the cages that rattle their bars Twenty odd years and I’m still chasing cars Down every avenue Still trying to prove something to you All now that are watching my every move But who would you be if you walked in my shoes Like Atticus Finch and fine thread Do up your laces and keep up your head As everything born to beat you down Slowly vacates your side of town To leave you free as a bird in the air I just want you to know that I am there For you in every melee Whether or not you’re talking to me In the sunshine, the storm, the rain or the snow There is no place a shepherd won’t go To retrieve that lost sheep he owns Give up the struggle and just come home
Is it okay that I vibe with thirty Two now I’m in the scene So many years Since I woke the dream Up from where she lay On the floor She thought she could worship And adore But I showed her the light that shine All that is hers not mine As catastrophic landed her there Well, that along with meditative prayer And the love almost beat Her heart to death As she swore She would not forget All that had come to pass Impermanence cannot last Amid the landscape of the true Was I wrong to reveal it all to you At so young an age Get up from the ground and grab a page Write it out All that fear and all that doubt Like spilled ink Honey you don’t have to think To know just what you are I’m watching you through a star
Is it too much to wish Is it too much to hope for That I could bang On a closed door Coz I know you’re in there And I chase you down You’re staying in your place Just outside of town And I want you For my very own Tell me for real That you’re not on loan From the days of tomorrow I’m not one to borrow But if you’re there I’ll wipe away sorrow From the cheeks of your face That you’ve cried in the past My love isn’t temporary It’s made to last And my heart is calling Out to your hand We can dance It will be grand As you get up Off of the floor In all of the years I just love you more
Rolling in the river like it’s a storm It’s ice cold but it keeps me warm As I sigh at the advances of every guy I’m solitary, lonely and I don’t know why Coz everything seems like it’s out to get me At least since the day that he met me And I fired the summer with a new fuse Lost love like I had the power to choose And his breath comes in gasps as he’s staring at me My love is true so I set him free But he’s just in the wilderness I let him touch Doesn’t know the depths of what I love so much And the ocean is water but so is a tear I count the time like trees do a year It’s okay with me all of the time But in secret silence I call you mine As you stay away and I respect What you haven’t come to terms with as of yet The guilt, the hatred, the violent pain You look up and it’s raining again It’s all it can do til the cloud has passed But the sky is still blue and it will always last
All those things I didn’t do And the worst of all of those things was you As you passed across my screen Looking as ephemeral as a dream In the moment true Could I have meant it all to you? If I’d just stepped forward to All that I thought of to meet you And you’re fire and ashes I’m the Phoenix that rises Meeting you the best of surprises On that July morning Now there’s weather and it’s all storming Into the notion of what we could be But I won’t cross She As she holds your hand And stares into a pair of eyes so grand They’re subterfuge And it would just be rude To interrupt What you’ve become, so abrupt So I let you leave Let you believe That I don’t care About all that isn’t there In the moment true I clasp the thought I had of you So tight And I’m alright But the bliss is fading And the idealism is jading As my thirties continue apace And I stop staring at your face Through a window in time I’m kicking myself coz you could be mine
Ijust wanna protect her And I’m so mad that he’d reject her And ruin her starlit shine It’s kind of like the light that used to be mine And now she sings of a defeat, years ago I close my eyes because I should not know But I do I still feel you In the cobwebs of my mind Kind of like a secret I’ve left behind And we tangled up our avenues I sing of heaven without you And innocence lost She paid the price but at what cost
The war in her heart spills over into mine When I say I love you for the thousandth time And you’re nothing more than fantasy Dreams I make out of the fate you see And you’re roving wild waters And your chivalry escorts her At least in my mind As I look on from being left behind It’s a sorry state But I won’t give in to hate As the wound it festers And the court is filled with jesters That make the music of the time But that sound could never be mine As I pull away from modern notions Focusing on my emotions Til they’re all I can see But that’s not all there is of me And dignity Walks me to the door As you say your love’s no more And I agree I look out but it’s wintery As I pull my jacket close You look like you’ve seen a ghost “You’re not gonna venture into that” But I gave you a home, I won’t take it back And he pulls my hand Close to his soul that’s made of sand As it pours on through Was I wrong to trust in you And he sighs “I’ll take leave of our goodbyes” And points me toward the flame That is burning in the middle of his name You can stay here I say, okay, my dear
I withdraw my accusation Since I’ve lived my realisation And see that the fault is not with you It’s with the pain you put me through As I resist and you agree That everything troubled comes over the sea In washes and waves at the Cliffs of Moher And you swore you did not know her Til I saw your hands interlocked On a screen in between where the birds had flocked To get their share Of bread and water, now I’m in your stare As you love her more than you loved me Why did I not let myself just see As I hid on paper And you promised them that you hate her Well, that her is me And I’m not gonna try to make you see Infinity Unless you already do And I felt the ocean move When you touched my hand And met eyes that understand To leave you free I’m glad you picked her over me
The source of her love is effulgent flame And it kills me that others don’t feel the same As they hear her plaintive cry And leave her in the rubble to die But I grab her hand, pull her out of there Wash the wounds, show her some care Tell her about the mystery That lies within both you and me And she starts to revive Feeling the tremble of being alive As she takes each breath Scared she can’t put her feet to the floor yet In case it shakes She looks at me through all her mistakes And trusts and lets go and comes to be All that she Is eternally
Always at war with the female form Just coz it knows how to keep a body warm And I see it in her like I saw it in me Til I learned enough to let it go free And you’re oceans away but that will do I’m not trying to get myself back with you Coz you’ve changed with the seasons and your innocent hue Is marred with the trauma life put you through And I know it’s not fair and I know it’s not nice That it pulls you in til you have to look twice And summer is only a space of time Your beauty is truth and the perfect sublime
Living here is wild country I ran away so he couldn’t dump me And the waves of irritation Are nothing to his tv station As it plays the same old tune The lightning struck me in the room As I said my prayers I tell no one coz who cares About that kind of thing It’s like I grew an angel wing To help me fly And I saw to what could not die And I try To smile and put me first I’m better off but it’s the worst
There was a lightning storm in Texas The day I got my flight And I listened to the pilot When he said everything’s alright But there’s a silence in the air A stunning in the fold The atmosphere is deep And I’m getting a little old As we wait out the time We have left on this earth I think we’ll be okay At least, for what it’s worth
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