Tied it up, tried to keep it inside, pushed it down, but it wants to rise Tied it up, tried to keep it inside, pushed it down, but it wants to rise Want
Not so long ago In a common hole Quick development Of a slow exchange And among this breed Rattled by the speed Came an out of place appeal God send
Hold up your hands, you?ve got nothing to shield you This one took all that you had It?s hard to say who?s been wrestled Or willingly gave it all, gave
How can I tell you That I love you, I love you But I can't think of right words to say I long to tell you that Im always thinking of you That I'm always
There?s a gulf at the edge of the yard And the husk of a shed and a garden It?s the virus that swells in the grass It?s the ration that stays with the
The cup on the counter leaves a circular stain The rut from the tire is deep in the clay The flat of the grass where a body was laid The contents of
If i could take it all apart and hold it still enough Then we could see exactly what is keeping this aloft On spite of all of this incessant circling
How they try to, mothers don?t forget All those words them daughters said No they thread, they thread, they thread Now they hang there, wait there in
Creepy as kudzu Hides what it chokes Is it not beautiful Though morose You took a bed And then gutted your host But not hiding for long But not hiding
All the spokes are bent We weren?t even in the road I?ll collect the evidence all the way home It?s safe in here I know, I know, I know But this is
I thought today was the end It felt like a drug I had to slam myself and stare Hypnotic one Why must it always be that one day can change the rest That
Your birth was a mystery Your life was exposed They took it and twisted it And made it their own Now high on your history Now drunk on your lore They
I am standing right here by your baby We are breathing the same way I have taken a toll on your gracious Appetite for holding on And what, what can
Birds lifted away all that we gave them Now summer?s parade quietly fades on a reel I pulled down the lights from every last tiny limb Tucked away signs
A long time it?s been and you waited here so strong Hang on my friend and we?ll row out alone You know we don?t owe them anything at all You know you
You did it Finally They almost asked it of you Didn?t they And they took it Finally Did you want them to Well their backs are on us now So let?s throw
I am a captive To myself to no one else We walk hand in hand Through dark hallways with no end I sit in his corner With my hands bound and my eyes closed
I climbed the highest peak And watched the sky all swathed in pink You were there and not there too A canopy of night on you And thinking only of myself
