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Aug 2010
Hey

listen here

yeah

listen

here.

LISTEN.

I'm here.

I'm right
here.

Not
up there.

Down
here.

Down.

I'm

"grounded"

if you will.

Will you
listen?

I'm important.

And I have

big

important

things to say.

So

move

out of the way,

I'm here.

I am
here.

So listen

here.

Here

is where

one might hear

the cawing

of ten thousand

sparrow

or see the majesty

of a goose

in flight.

We are birds

see

SEE
HERE

we are

the birds and

HERE we fly
as the birds.

Hey

listen.

Are you

listening?

Listening
with your EARS?

Cause I have big

important things

to say.

Listening
with your EYES?

Cause I have big

important things

to show.

Hey

watch here

yeah

watch
HERE.

Cause I

can only show

you once.

ONLY
ONCE.

Matter

what
is it?

I don't
know

I thought you

might.

Matter
matter is

soft

and

easy to break.

It's like
this roof

or your
ground.

Ha

ha

I guess you're

"grounded."
I don't

stay on the ground

not when

people can't
hear from
down there.

I've been

making noise

trying to break through

this matter
this matter

frozen
and condensing
all around me.

It
is closing in
trying to wait

for a
mistake.

ONE mistake
and it wins.

ONE mistake
and I'm silenced.

Hey

listen

this is
good news.

At least
they can watch

from
up here.

Hey

see here

yeah

see
HERE.

I'm only

going to jump once

so watch now

to see

me

fly.

Watch as

I step
into

the


empty quarters


of the

air
below.
what.
Hands
Written by
Hands  Cleveland, Ohio
(Cleveland, Ohio)   
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