Mom and Dad were out for a few hours yesterday, so I decided to make some noise. This is the second time I’ve recorded a demo version of this tune, although it morphed significantly while I was in Mexico. What’s it about? I don’t know. You tell me.
You told me I was everything and you loved me more than life
And then you cut your wrists up with a rusty kitchen knife
They found you in the bathtub and your eyes were opened wide
With Mommy’s little angel always right there by your side
Don’t worry Momma I won’t cry
I’ll just bury you inside where nothing ever dies
Now Momma close your eyes
You told me I’d be free if I would pray down on my knees
And if I’d open up my heart and then just one kiss begged you please
You told me not to tell or that we’d both end up in hell
But if we’d ask him for forgiveness then the world would soon be well
Now common Father, don’t you know
We can push it all below where even He won’t go
Where even He won’t know
You told me that you loved me and that you would never leave
But when you left I felt like I was nailed up to a tree
I hung there with the leaves until a cool September breeze blew in and
Carried me back down where I laid sleeping on the ground
And as I wake up with the rain
And all this lightning in my brain
And all your faces start to fade
Like a dream that drifts away
And all this madness floats down stream
And all the surfaces wash clean
But never underneath
You know what I mean
Purity comes when the eyes in your head
Are wishful and warm like the sun on your bed
With the wait of a while in the twist of her smile
She said…