читать дальшеSo far so good You're coming to the bend at the end of the road You put a hand to the belly that's foreign more With every day like an oversize load
And you're thinking about clouds the color of fire And the scent of an orange peel The way Mt. Shasta explodes into windshield view And your hands steady on the wheel
So far so good Coffee motel coffee diner coffee go on Styrofoam is drying like the tears that once did flow Starting 10 o'clock and ending at dawn
And you can't go back but you're going back And you don't know what you'll say You've got half-formed sentences Explanations for a life half-broken away And they just may They'll take you in their arms and then take out their knives So you drive on thinking
So far so good But you can't go on much longer like this you know You're all alone in this world no that's not true The nice Christian lady told you so
She was handing out pamphlets by the clinic door Saying "Jesus knows what you've been through Take the Savior into your heart my child There's love waiting for the both of you"
Well you don't believe but you have to believe It's still crumpled there in your back seat Were you the hero or the worst kind of coward back there Putting pavement back under your feet Couldn't stand the heat Couldn't stand the thought of ghosts with a negative age Turn the page OK
So far so good You try to sing along to the radio But it's not your language not your song It's from some other time ago
And you're thinking about how someone died that day The you that was so carefully planned But then again maybe this life is like a sleeping mountain Waking up to shape the land
Calm calm let it come let it come back to you Calm calm breathe on out you know you know what to do
"Eric's Song"
читать дальшеStrange how you know inside me I measure the time and I stand amazed Strange how I know inside you My hand is outstretched toward the damp of the haze
And of course I forgive I've seen how you live Like a phoenix you rise from the ashes You pick up the pieces And the ghosts in the attic They never quite leave And of course I forgive You've seen how I live I've got darkness and fears to appease My voices and analogies Ambitions like ribbons Worn bright on my sleeve
Strange how we know each other
Strange how I fit into you There's a distance erased with the greatest of ease Strange how you fit into me A gentle warmth filling the deepest of needs
And with each passing day The stories we say Draw us tighter into our addiction Confirm our conviction That some kind of miracle Passed on our heads And how I am sure Like never before Of my reasons for defying reason Embracing the seasons We dance through the colors Both followed and led
Strange how we fit each other
Strange how certain the journey Time unfolds the petals For our eyes to see Strange how this journey's hurting In ways we accept as part of fate's decree
So we just hold on fast Acknowledge the past As lessons exquisitely crafted Painstakingly drafted To carve ourselves instruments That play the music of life For we don't realize Our faith in the prize Unless it's been somehow elusive How swiftly we choose it The sacred simplicity Of you at my side