The Water

on Postcard #7 - Slab City - Songs from the Dust

2013

Lyrics

Have had so many images flickering
through me at night when I sleep. don`t
remember their outlines, don`t remember
those names and faces. but their
shadows, they dance through the caves
in my head, blurry shapes on the walls.
and their shadows still dance through my
head.

looked in so many eyes in bewilderment,
blind to stories they tell. have heard all
of your voices try to pronounce the
unspeakable. and their echoes, they
bounce through the caves in my head,
resonate from the walls. and their echoes
still bounce through my head.

and their echoes still bounce through my
head.

the moon is full. my glass is empty. and
yet as heavy as before

we are crying in silence and laughing out
loud when all eyes are on us. stay away
with your sadness, don`t remind them
we`re all just flesh and bone.

I`m so thirsty, give me water, and I won`t
mind it`s thick with sorrow and salt. I`m so
thirsty, I will drink it all.

I`m so thirsty, give me water, I won`t mind
if it is heavy with salt, and your sorrow, I
will drink it all.

the moon is full
the glasses empty
and we are lighter than before