Star of light, see what you gave You cheated away the cold dark night Edge of a blade, let’s meet at the grave Of the wax figurines Ice melts, upsets the sea, submit, follow me Walk with me now in the sunlight Daylight, down with the night Invincible light, are you back with us now? Source of all reason, I’ve come alive “Finally,” I cried. And it’s me, I have arrived Now, is this the seed rooting in me? Is it the tree that I wanted to climb? Down or high, my senses strive on For all I can see Tell me how the planet was formed In a gas cloud, out of dust we were born Are you dusty, my figurehead friends? What’s it feel like to come to the end? So tell me, have you any regrets? From your glass house can you see what you’ve set Are you listening to the things that they’ve said In your diary — the book of the dead See the helix alive, we cast you aside and thrive So come now and we’ll settle the bet It’s a dark hour that you’ll never forget Is it lonely as you take in the next to last breath And die
ReTROGRAde
I bring to you the words you threw into my face once before I’m only here to spread some fear I need you to know you will die And not very nicely — surprise! I know what you need I promise you, when we get through You might not believe but I tried Your head will scream: divide with me Emerge like a new butterfly Purge all the worms left inside (birds want a good time) So don’t evade the surgeon’s blade Cos the answer could be in your mind Maybe one cut and we’ll find We’re just a wavelength behind But we are entwined And I know what you need
FOX ON THe ROCKS
When is a fox not a fox? When it hides in the rocks and prepares to reveal itself Dropping the guise to expose That it knows what you don’t want to show Why are we swerving to stop at the top of the clock Like we really could save ourselves What if I said that the world doesn’t end in the end But continues to mend itself How can you count the amount Of a mountain that sprouts If you’re not there when it comes out