Kept Woman

Anna, you're lost in a shadow there Cinder and smoke hanging in the air Oh and I know you'll be bolder than me I was high, I was unaware God above saw, ever in the mind Blue and white irises in a line Under your nameless shame I left you in frame, and you rose to be ossified As a rose of the oceanside Too long to the light of the morning So unseen, as light in a dream Too long now to the rising Too long now to the rising Can you be slow for a little while? Widow your soul for another mile? I'm just the same as when you saw me back then And we're bound to be reconciled Bound to be reconciled Too long swinging the knife All will wash over you in a night so unending Not long now to the rising Not long now to the rising Anna, you're lost in the shadow there Cinder and smoke hanging in the air Oh and I know you'll be bolder than me I was high, I was unaware