Category: Yellow, Gold, Kings, Fathers, and the Sun
Up and down the stairs I ran
with a sceptre in my hand
How to chase the doubts out from my mind?
When the only life I’ve ever known
is to strive for absolute control
and to pull on every string that I could find
To my talismans I cling
I am scared of everything
She knew one day she’d grab the golden ring
On my back I saw the stars
I remembered fireflies in their jars
How to pull the fire out from the flame?
Can I make the bad ones fall
Crush them into pieces small
and somehow extricate myself from blame?
In my ears are bells that ring
I will conquer everything
She knew one day she’d grab the golden ring
Ladies dance and ladies sing
they toss their hair; they wear a ring
they won’t amount to anything I’m sure
But I will cut each finger tip
with stony eyes I’ll watch them drip
I’ll stand in puddles red upon the floor
Are there wise men- I don’t know
I grow the way that flowers grow
spreading from their center like a star
I made my bed; I lie in pain
it cools the fever from my brain
But my seeds upon the wind will travel far
I sing the song that roses sing
I don’t believe in anything
She knew one day she’d grab the golden ring
On my back I saw the stars
they spread out wide they were my arms
the burning flames that sparkled were my hands
I held my hands up to my face
I gazed into that burning place
so many bright things I could understand
I sing the song that roses sing
I will see through everything
She knew one day she’d grab the golden ring
Walk away and don’t turn back I told you.
There’s no home for you here.
There’s no home for you here.
Look at me with big brown eyes but no dear.
There’s no home for you here.
There’s no home for you here.
Oh and please do not cry.
For I treated you kind.
Like a king I walked by you
And I showed you the sky.
Walk on to the next green hill then go dear.
This is your time to fly.
This is your time to fly.
Don’t hold onto me and please don’t cry now.
For I treated you kind.
Always treated you kind.
Now you’ll go your own way
And it won’t be so hard.
All the things that I gave you
Will keep you safe and warm.
Didn’t I calm the storm
Like a fire safe and warm?
Wrap you up in my robes
Don’t repay me now with tears that its your time to go.
Don’t hold onto me and please don’t cry now.
Didn’t I treat you right?
Always treated you right.
Wasn’t I your wall against the cold dear
When you hid from the night?
You were scared of the night.
Oh and you’ll be okay
You’ll make friends with the cold.
Won’t need no one to claim you
Won’t need nobody’s soul.
Didn’t I calm the storm
Like a fire safe and warm?
Wrap you up in my robes
Don’t repay me now with tears that it’s your time to go.
Categories
Sun
Father, I need to sit.
There’s all of this blood down here- nobody will tell me what it is.
Father, what is the time?
There’s all of this blood down here- nobody will tell me if it’s mine.
You built a tower in my heart just like a paradise
I laid me back to watch so warm in the sand.
Clouds flew above me light flashing out of their eagle eyes
Now I can feel those cold things starting again.
Father, where are my hands?
I need to touch my eyes- something tells me they are hurting me again.
Father, am I lying in bed?
Why are the curtains drawn? What is this thing upon my head?
You built a tower in a tower in my heart just like a paradise
I laid me back to watch so warm in the sand.
Sun shimmered on my body like I was a pegasi
But now I can feel those cold things starting again.
Father, why are the curtains drawn?
So many things to do. I can’t remain in here too long.
Father, I need to ask
Of all the things you’ve done, which ones are the ones that you’d take back?
You built a world around my heart just like a paradise
I laid me back to watch so warm in your hand.
Cities they swirled around me like they was a race of lights
But now I can feel those cold things starting again.
All of the men in the world lined up side by side
A bundle of twigs they wait for the flame.
Dance by the fire and you will realize
A burning man will never feel the pain.