Song A Day

  1. Song A Day #306.  “Spell or Prayer.”

    I twisted through the darkened streets cause i had lost my way
    i’d told so many lies that i couldn’t keep them straight
    clearly this was punishment, this was how i’d have to pay
    once but twice as strong

    you can never really know what’s inside somebody’s head
    and when you think you’re sure that’s when someone winds up dead
    but you remember how she moved, can recall the words she said
    then again, you could be wrong

    and the tune that plays
    over all your days
    seems like a waste on you
    you’re a fire hose
    you’re a runny nose
    wearing panty hose for two
    you don’t know which
    lie to stitch
    it’s like a witches brew
    bits of hair
    falling everywhere
    with a spell or prayer you’re through

    I cut a path across the square and ended up on the edge of town
    looking back i knew i’d have to get to higher ground
    if the world crashed below me at least i’d be safe and sound
    sleep till morning light

    i struggled to my feet after slipping on a rock
    wondering where julie was i wished only for a clock
    the sun was all obscured by a dark and massive flock
    of parrots who spoke to me in their flight

    at the top of mount mcormish i stopped surveyed the land
    it would have helped to know what to do, to have some kind of plan
    as it was i stepped so blindly, leading with my hands
    could i speak the word

    a terror struck me in my heart like i had never felt
    and just as strong and quick the world began to melt
    i found myself in an empty space void of heaven or of hell
    but in my head i heard

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