there was a little mouse a lovely little thing

he had dream one day he would learn to sing

singing round the world and the opera house

everyone would come to see the singing mouse.


singing to the children as happy as can be

one day be a star is what he longed to be

this was just a dream what he longed to do

hoping that eventually his dreams would all come true

Típli to, co připomínalo barvu
a šli dovnitř, aby normalizovali šeď.

Báli se, aby od toho nechytla jejich jediná vlajka.

Doteď je svrbí prsty.

What a blessing
To burn and melt
Like a candle
To illuminate
A banquet

I have a basil plant that sits on my sunniest window sill
It's not really just mine, but I'm the only one who remembers it is there

Day by day, I watch it wilt, stunt and burn
Unable to save it from the my own mind's sudden chill
(And the back of my mind is haunted by echoes of "when you have kids")

It takes in pain
From the darkness I breathe
Together, we will curl up in apathy

But somehow, its pale green stalks just won't give up hope
They stretch their twisted roots deep into the ground
And stake their stand
Clinging to, fighting for their lives
And so too will I

In the numbness, I feel a twinge of guilt
-
Today, I watered my basil plant
Trimmed its leaves
And gave it the love I breathe

It seems that we have both survived this frost and cold,
to grow another day.

Lovely and lively and loving, alive
Are you one or more of these things?
Will you be one, then another, then none
And awake, as another, when the morning bird sings?
Will you love and be loved, live, be alive?
Will you enjoy and eat what t'th'table life brings?
Shall you sleep and be merry, nary contrary,
Till lovely and sweetly that morning bird sings?
You need to hear, to heed not fear
Melody of necessity
Not lovely, not lively, unloved but alive
Please, please, stay just that last
Be alive and I'll help you be lovely
Promise lively and loved
Lift you weakly on sparrow wings
Clothe you in hand-me-downs of earthly kings
So every day you'll hear those things
When through me, to you the morning bird sings.