What I do
No matter what I do
The same things come round
I could cry til the heavens come down
Still I’d hit the ground
It’s the same place I go
No matter where I go
I end up here where you are
Can’t believe you’re still so far
I’ve burned, I’ve been burned
Had the ashes come down
Had the flames crash the crown
I’m still here in the place where I was
I’ve slept the sleep of children
I’ve slept the sleep of criminals
Cried a thousand crocodile tears
And wept for a forgotten Messiah
But it’s no different whatever I do
It’s this infinite déjà vu
It’s not me, it’s you
Because you’re the same no matter
What I do.
What if the water weeps
What if the water weeps
Sheds tears of lightning
Over hearts that keep breaking
For mountains it cannot climb
For seas with whose depths
It has been intimate
If the water weeps,
The world would be deluged
By schemes and plans
To unbreak hearts
For liquid sheds liquid
For homeless souls
For children who are
Whipping boys of a
World that has lost its way
The tears of lightning
Will strike at the tree on the mountain
In a country, in a continent, in a world
In a universe devoid of a God
That cries for the heartless
Because the water must weep
For the heartless
For where the heartless rule
Hearts break
Over lilies, over foxgloves
Over linnets, over robins
Over stray dogs and orphan rabbits
That might go without a
By your leave, a bye-bye
If God lets the water weep
What would be left there to sweep?
When I look at you
I remember what days were like
When I was unbroken and whole
When I look at you
The timid light you shine
Shows me that imperfect could be perfect
That flaws are the mark of strength
Left there by circumstance
To remind us of the deaths we cheated
I look at you and I believe
That my God is not lesser than their gods
That His love is infinite
And reveals itself to those
Who dared the limits of living
The sight of you is my port in a storm
That threatens to overwhelm me
As I sail through seas too rough for
The fragile vessel that is my soul
My earthly life will end
But between the finish and now is a journey
And when I look at you
I know there could be more, so much more
Only had I the courage to touch you.
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