For The Captain Lyrics

For The Captain lyrics

I.



Relax, no song is written,

nothing you thought of yourself.

It's just a ghost

that came unbidden

to this house.

This infection grows stronger every year,

this seed inside the water of your tear.

There is no escaping it.

This seed blooming in the water of your tear

the way an unborn baby's ear unfolds in your belly.

This infection grows stronger every year,

this direction of a tear rolling down your cheek,

there is no escaping it.

There is no escaping

the thing that is making its home in your radio.



II.



Bless this tiny alley

we have fallen from tall buildings

we have fallen

bless the birth of him

the chapel he was killed in

all these tiny flowers

they have sat under the sidewalk

they have waited for the pieces

of the summer sun to show us

all that is your beauty and

all that is your treasure

I could smell your skin beside me

say I hope I'm here forever

but captain with your lovers

with your list of favorite pillows

with your favorite list of children

and the wall where you drew windows

overlooking tiny gardens

cut in two by jagged mountains

and the secret sacred sharing

that went on beside the fountain

where the water waits forever

for a tiny tiny treasure

that will rise up and recover

that will leave this tiny alley

when you meet me in the garden

with your wings all dipped in cedar

all these spirits brushing past me

brushing past me in the ether

say "all this is window dressing

all you are is flimsy curtains

you will flame up with a word from us

and won't know that you're burning."