- Deadliest Tide
On a sandy bank, spending time
With a rod in my hand, that's white from the brine
A floating leaf, a spotted feather
Which one sinks first in wind and weather?
The deadliest tide, of sorrow
The deadliest tide, the undertow
Waders dug in deep, up comes the water
And if floods over my knees
- Graveyard
Say goodbye, said it last time, but I didn't think it would be for good
Now I cry, I don't want to continue, I'd rather just lie down by your side
Hold me up now, until I feel the rain, until I feel the weather
Hold out your hand, if I'm falling for the rest of my life.
But I try, I go out in the rain, but it always feels the same anyway
Friends don't come by, who could really blame them, who could really ask anyone to
Hold you up, 'til you feel the rain, until you feel the weather
Hold out your hand, if I'm falling for the rest of my life...
- Holly
False knot, you're giving out, flowers inside your mouth
Holly, what stinging leaves, back hand at two degrees
Red fruit, in bitter freeze, blood pools on rows of teeth
False friend, with words for me, swallow that poetry
Cut strings will play no tune, split trunk on braided roots
Broken stalk of babies breath, a house door with no welcome mat
A cold day is not quite as cold as our lot, with a friend who's not.
- Start Stopping
Start stopping, waiting on your mother's lawn
See the seat upside down
How to sit, where you sat
See the skull in the park
Call your mom, she's died before.
Stop waiting, waiting for your man to call
See the seat upside down
How to stand, where you stood
- The Shark
Last night you lay crying in my bed
What could I have said?
A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Your medicine
Your truth serum
Don't dabble in your mother's curse
Deceptive verse
My father's father's father