(New song)
I’m going to take myself away from all these conversations now
I’m going to drown the noise, the
telephone and dust out all my thoughts
I’m going to brace myself against the
chill while the mist engulfs my mind
I’m going to waste away this precious
time, trace the path of a falling leaf
I’m getting no closer to upending the
meaning
I’m watching this calm decay
All the flowers that were growing on
this subdued terrain
caught just a little bit of the light
Green summer got trapped in the woods
but that was yesterday
I’m wearing a smile to greet some
semblance of today
I’m going to string some words, the
firmament of the corners of my soul
I’m going to free myself from the ball
and chain, and get this felony undone
I’m going to save my words for another
day, let the grass grow under my feet
I’m going to drown the cake, the stale
remains of yesterday’s hard work
I’ve been watching the storm build in
the distant horizon
from a single speck of dust
I was holding my breath for an eternity
now I’m biding the rules of change
Freewheelin’ catastrophe, but that was
yesterday
I’m catching the wild breeze to get the
salience of today
I’m going to clear the road and melt the
ice that’s painted on the wood
I’m going to watch the raindrop fill the
puddle and float a paperboat
I’m going to take myself away from all
these conversations now
I’m going to drown the noise, the
telephone and dust out all my thoughts
