Your wife's gonna have your little girl And i was not questioned I bombed the interview for the position She's gonna sit you down She'll be telling you a story When suddenly she'll know the baby's ready And i've never felt so cold Why can i not let go? Why can i not let go? Oh, i've never felt so old; He would have been eight years old She would...Learn More

As I turned to leave, you looked me right in the eye And said, "Hey, let's keep talking about art and life." We walked to the train, I took your hand and I said "Let's listen to the sounds of the city again." And I don't understand the pain of being awake, awake, awake But I know that somehow we will all be together as a beam of light one day You...Learn More

Crack me open There's a girl inside Or a cluster Of little islands Not a mother No one's child Go to the boat It's enough Go to it, go — It is all enough Be a person Make it personal — Crack it open At its most Given current, catapults... Time to go home It's enough Go to it, go It is all enough Where were you When you rooted And knew You're...Learn More

In the belly of the Beast I go walking in my sleep Toward a light I cannot see A force in which I must believe In the belly of the Beast Regret the threat I did not heed Which was: “Tread lightly on your feet Or you'll be eaten by the Beast And so I danced just for him for a long time I misread the coy gleam in his red eye As he gnashed his...Learn More

As I turned to leave, you looked me right in the eye And said, "Hey, let's keep talking about art and life." We walked to the train, I took your hand and I said "Let's listen to the sounds of the city again." And I don't understand the pain of being awake, awake, awake But I know that somehow we will all be together as a beam of light one day You...Learn More

I went walking in the garden Saw a little sparrow sitting on the arbor She was singing, i was listening It was more eternal grace than i could harbor Saw a magpie, brave and so sly Pilfering her bits of foil for the fodder Saw a pelican, skate on the wind Genuflect her silver wingtips to the water Saw a black crow, steady as she goes Glide beside...Learn More

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh Did I make you proud? It's too late for your answer now You came into the bedroom You don't stop when I tell you to And you say you've been like this forever And I say your excuses are weathered And you'll never make me feel safe Look at me, don't look at me Look at me,...Learn More

I'm gonna die. you're gonna die How will you spend your time? Oh how will i spend my time? Oh the whisker i grow it won't bother me no more When it grows six feet under ground And the shoes that i own that pinch my big toe Won't pinch the toe the tag hangs around I am sick and suffering And i'm sure that that's not gonna change Just as sure as...Learn More