As Life Dissolves
from Uneven Keel by Invocal
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lyrics
She's woken up
In the past
To see it standing blank above her bed
And good for her -
The sun bleaches invisible
The strange things that are said
"I need to be near you and I don't know what it means,
The more I adore you, the more rational it seems."
A pounding thought,
That ricochets between the two -
Head, stomach, heart
Head stomach
And life dissolves,
So neither are aware their words
Are over-heard by others.
"I need to be near you and I don't know what it means,
The more I adore you, the more rational it seems."
There's been a whole lot of talking, and I think you should know
That they've heard all about you, and you've gotta go home
There's a key in the kitchen
And a torch you can borrow -
You'll be fine across the gardens, if you do it alone.
As for you, just be quiet because as you well know
There's the same kind of hatred that just finished off all
Of the friends and the lovers -
Non-compliers and foes
That dared to walk the world without their values in tow.
(INS)
They all arrive
And make her bathe outside
And hope the thought runs from her body:
"I washed myself just like you said -
I cleaned my thought until I bled
I still don't feel that sorry.
You over-hear my love and me
And under-see me, naturally
I'm so damn cold I'll freeze, God damn you."
"I'm starting to fall
I'm sick of it all
I've sat outside everyone for years
I don't even have a single intention.
I'm missing the world,
I'm missing my girl,
You think we'll respond to all this fear?
Well I'm sorry, but you're sadly mistaken."
(INS)
There's been a whole lot of talking and I think you should know,
That they've heard all about you, and you've gotta go home,
It'll spread like a sickness through the chatter and fear of it,
You're running out of spaces that they'll let you just be,
I always thought it would be different, thought you'd be free
I always thought you'd be the things that I've forgotten to be
'Cause I remember you from years ago
Remember thinking secretly,
Friend and a lover
Non-complier and above the ways of
Others who are nothing without validation from a source of
Questionable origin and questionable morals
Don't forget to write a letter to the ones who will remember you
Friend and a lover
Non-complier and above the ways.
I'm not evil, I'm not even near it.
In the past
To see it standing blank above her bed
And good for her -
The sun bleaches invisible
The strange things that are said
"I need to be near you and I don't know what it means,
The more I adore you, the more rational it seems."
A pounding thought,
That ricochets between the two -
Head, stomach, heart
Head stomach
And life dissolves,
So neither are aware their words
Are over-heard by others.
"I need to be near you and I don't know what it means,
The more I adore you, the more rational it seems."
There's been a whole lot of talking, and I think you should know
That they've heard all about you, and you've gotta go home
There's a key in the kitchen
And a torch you can borrow -
You'll be fine across the gardens, if you do it alone.
As for you, just be quiet because as you well know
There's the same kind of hatred that just finished off all
Of the friends and the lovers -
Non-compliers and foes
That dared to walk the world without their values in tow.
(INS)
They all arrive
And make her bathe outside
And hope the thought runs from her body:
"I washed myself just like you said -
I cleaned my thought until I bled
I still don't feel that sorry.
You over-hear my love and me
And under-see me, naturally
I'm so damn cold I'll freeze, God damn you."
"I'm starting to fall
I'm sick of it all
I've sat outside everyone for years
I don't even have a single intention.
I'm missing the world,
I'm missing my girl,
You think we'll respond to all this fear?
Well I'm sorry, but you're sadly mistaken."
(INS)
There's been a whole lot of talking and I think you should know,
That they've heard all about you, and you've gotta go home,
It'll spread like a sickness through the chatter and fear of it,
You're running out of spaces that they'll let you just be,
I always thought it would be different, thought you'd be free
I always thought you'd be the things that I've forgotten to be
'Cause I remember you from years ago
Remember thinking secretly,
Friend and a lover
Non-complier and above the ways of
Others who are nothing without validation from a source of
Questionable origin and questionable morals
Don't forget to write a letter to the ones who will remember you
Friend and a lover
Non-complier and above the ways.
I'm not evil, I'm not even near it.
credits
from Uneven Keel,
track released March 30, 2006
Music & lyrics by R. Swayne
Music & lyrics by R. Swayne
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