The Unseen Lady
I downed my weary body
to drift into the night
then came a lull in thinking
I slipped the daily fight
I downed my weary body
to drift into the night
then came a lull in thinking
I slipped the daily fight
I’ve drank from countless fetid wells
each sip was sickly oceans
no salmon there, just bones and shells
a dead man under potions
it’s less about fantastic things
and more about the little things
done under wonder’s spell
give me a slot on a chat show
say I look good for my age
and I’ll tell you how all of it happened
my part in this world, on this stage
and after we’ve had Christmas time
share with me your Easter blood
it’s what I need to walk the line
between myself and brotherhood
for those of us who wish to build
know what’s here was first pre-willed
and to all who wish to love
did Jesus ever have a pull?
I’m pretty sure he did
when he was just fourteen, fifteen
when he was just a kid
you planted hell with Eden
strummin’ Petty, tender muse
your tested grace a candle
to the thick and misty blues
come on baby meet me
at the easy bar tonight
well keep on talking baby
we’ve time before tonight
I ran along a traveled road
a road a lot have worn
a tangled knot of hope and dream
but on it, I was torn