Skyward

Cast skyward by strange magic of Sun, Rain, Wind Who can still doubt miracles? Strange overtones, god bless the overgrown child that could Hold his own throwin' stones at a sky full of drones He clipped a wing then fell to earth and hit close to home And found insects nesting in his mobile phone It's wishful thinking that a song can heal a sick rose I sit and pull thistles out my thick skull, live slow Keep it simple, sweep the fallen leaves out the temple When it's ten below freezin' and the cold wind blows Some nights we overindulge, kick back, shoot the Shallow shit, chew the pig fat, act on impulse Met my love after Elohim sewed my ribs closed With devils sellin' dreams at the disco. Took her hand and Stumbled toward the exit, felt the pressure build Precious virtuosic flesh clarinetist dressed to kill I'll sit alone and watch the rain fallin' from your eyes When they crack the seventh seal below the solemn summer sky Birds in a cage (cage), rats in the belly (belly) Snakes in the grass (grass), bats in the belfry (I been thinking) About the ocean that professed love to Ishmael While siftin' through the serpent-like intestines of a sick whale (That sounds dangerous) beneath the sleep-like veil I read the stomach lining of the beast like braille And walk the street feelin' like my feet might fail That- That's how I learn — you can do it too I'm learnin' not to hold my tongue — but how to hold a tune With a drop'a golden sun leakin' from an open wound Below the full moon — reposin' in the womb Stickin' acupuncture pins in your thick skull balloon I make my way through the forest and chart progress Followin' the queen, runnin' with sharp objects Stop, catch your breath, set the hatchet down, dig a hole and Bury it, god bless the poet proletariat The lowly, lost laureate down on both knees Chokin' back tears while the world moves at full speed You give 'em time, they'll pilfer the village blind What's ill is they're building shrines to realists and philistines And hide shame with pride — I'm guilty of the same sin Born with the same snake attached at the brain stem Strange beautiful things losin' their wings From heaven's promised heights to the crucible flames — listen: Birds in a cage (cage), rats in the belly (belly) Snakes in the grass (grass), bats in the belfry (I been thinking) About the ocean that professed love to Ishmael While siftin' through the serpent-like intestines of a sick whale (That sounds dangerous) beneath the sleep-like veil I read the stomach lining of the beast like braille And walk the street feelin' like my feet might fail That's how I learn — you can do it too