The birds are driven into your flesh
I’m holding on with my arms so tightly
Don’t think I’ll make it very long
Your head is above the shoulders
Just like every single other man’s is
In my dreams now I’m hanging bags
Filled with water from steel poles
After it took so many lifetimes
To get to the edge of the place where
The treasure is where the world spins
I’m making up a fantasy
Disappearing under the covers
So I can see the lights clearer
Where all the rooms are basements
Dug deep into the dirt under the roots
The black horse is lost under the ice
I heard the cracking and sucking under
Running as fast as I could over the map
On the water where it’s frightening
But also safe in a boat driven by time
No fretting says the lights for its
A piece of star from whence you were
Moments so meaningful like a lit match
Never burn your finger if you’re scared
Shaking it out before even the air
I’m with you with the birds in the snow
Feel the heat like the aura off metal
The water turns the shells into a rock
Bruised shinbones are little tree sticks
Squinting my eyes to see all the truth
Your head is above your shoulders
Two feet below two knees you stand
Above the world like a solid grand tree
A place where the lights gather and my voice
Sings out words like it belongs to
