Child in time

Do you hear the rain calling back your name? 

Years have softened the edges of your soul

A song of lies has

Gently lulled your anger to sleep 

But a storm is coming, love

Your name echoes in its rumble

Wake up, giant from the mountain

Wake up, whale from the depths of the sea

Wake up, dreaming child

I call on you 

No more soothing, no more explanations

It is you I call on

No more searching, no more questions

Bury the old and set the rot on fire

Sharpen your senses and sharpen your knife

A time of change has come. 

walk some more

walk some more

hips bruised and calves stretched

another day dawns

but i don’t sleep anymore

i don’t sleep anymore

i don’t dream anymore

i don’t write anymore

walk some more

past the streets you thought were yours

the kingdoms that stretched beneath your hands

a city of a thousand walls

i thought the ballroom was mine to take

the taste of wine already singing in my mouth

is it you i see past the window? 

my tongue used to carve out the sound of your name

now i forget how to remember

i forget and look away

walk some more

against the cold against the dark

pray for sleep to hold some more

pray for sleep

another step

or a dream

am i brand new

still?

can i keep it up?