The Bending Load

She had two brothers, they went to war

She did not know exactly what they were fighting for

Finally, neither ever made it back

But working hard all day, helped to forget

She found a good man and they fell in love

Went to church asked for blessings from above

They ran a small farm, despite all the lack

It was a good life, let’s say not too bad

It takes a lifetime to get over

But it’s alright to let it go

Since the conclusion they were all bereaved

The first boy inside, he never breathed

A later-born girl, they could give a name

Who knew that in close embrace it’s hard to frame

It takes a lifetime to get over

But it’s alright to let it go

Come and pull down the enclosure

Mellow out the bending load

Growing body and growing ambitions

Suite the needs like sleepwalking

To a sacred place there’s no access

For the smallest trance of naughtiness

It takes a lifetime to get over

But it’s alright to let it go

Come and pull down the enclosure

Mellow out the bending load

I am one of those that was born after it all

Sometimes somewhere underneath still it seems to sprawl

It takes a lifetime to get over

But it’s alright to let it go

Come and pull down the enclosure

Mellow out the bending load