Wait indoors
Slept to waste the time
Until I hear the sound
Of your footsteps climbing
Up the porch as it rains
Trembling voices propogate these rooms
I keep my eyes closed and listen to the trains

Pull the sound
What lingers through this space that fills this house around.
Was I alone in thinking something good?

Water stains
On the pillow where I lay my head
Do they say that I was sleeping
When away do I
Wait shadows climb window fading days
As I trace the light that flickers through the room

Pull the sound
What lingers through this space that fills this house around.
Was I alone in thinking something good?


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    such a beautiful image. brilliant.

    clouds1on January 21, 2011   Link
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    this song is as visceral as a memory, the way you are unable to separate the visual aspects from the emotional feelings attached to them ....just wonderful

    tricktrickyon March 30, 2011   Link

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