THE LIFERS

Lyrics

The day I met you down the hallway,
learning of the time when
the continents parted
Was when I learned you looked at whales,
holding your mother’s arm
and Atlantic guardian forces
forced me to yours
And when we sang I searched for words –
harmony is fleeting
like my first time
with the bleeding moon,
left the room
Tell me what if I choked,
oh what if I choked?
Tell me what if I spoke,
oh what if I spoke?
And I haven’t written you a song
since that little one that told you
to break my heart
if it gives us a start
Now I’ve planted me a garden of
ways you can adore me
and I’ve wrapped myself in patchwork
blankets of power
and lift myself up to the sky
that little moon
and I
Look me right in the eye,
tell me why couldn’t I
Love myself enough
to know I could be
loved