Thawing Dawn

verse 1 No one knows you quite the way that I do No one owes me, not especially you So find a river and deliver my remains to it soon This I request of you verse 2 Said a person that I knew from my sleep "Savage, I'm free, but I ain't cheap" The thing you ache with has a function, either beat it or bleed What could I say to them verse 3 Man on fire, and he's heading for Throop Watched him burning as I sat on my stoop A couple seconds felt like hours 'til I finally moved To beat the flames from him verse 4 Most religion is as far from faith As the sun is from the shadows it shapes Well I can hardly say for certain if I'm trapped or escaped When I'm away from you Verse 5 When the summer draws the bugs in the house And an acquaintance takes the form of a spouse I need you wildly, as the bluejay needs a tune it can sing Into the afternoon Instrumental Interlude Like my mother she reminds With the ashes on her head Dancing drunkly to the radio as she welcomes back the dead Verse 6 Twenty hours and I'm twelve in the hole With thoughts of lightning as a beautiful doll Across the island they are floating slow in luminous bulbs Inviting me to cross Verse 7 Started drinking to meet strangers and folks Who'd listen to me, who'd nod when I spoke But these days when I'm thirsty I don't mind staying home Drinking away the blues Verse 8 Started smoking to keep up with my friends I learned to love the feeling when I'm breathing it in But I'm a lonely lighthouse shining by the sea on a cliff Dragging in solitude Instrumental Outro Of all the pieces I've combined Still the cruelest mixture yet Is the softness of a thawing dawn And the hardness of regret