Waiting like always sitting with hands in lap and head bowed Just knowing I'll hear news that you messed up Not knowing, like ever, the words to change or chastise or Save Not knowing why I want to Not knowing why I need you Protected Not knowing why I need to Not knowing why I want you Directed Nursing your head wounds with the TV on while you tell me We are watching the news that you messed up We are cuddled and sitting how the god and the child Would
She doesn't remember what I remember of the years she means to me. She will fix the pieces eventually so why don't I give her just one small piece? So I take Miriam to the cemetery. The cemetery at sunrise. Looking over a rail yard. Revealing old gravestones. Nondescript in the lay lanes.
She doesn't remember why she doesn't visit the grave of her mother. She will fix the image much sooner than later so why don't I give her some relief? So I tell Miriam in the old green graveyard. The graveyard filled with carbon. Speaking of another girl. Revealing I knew her As another distant frame.
You are married with the orange scene in gleaming while I Look,
Not knowing why I want to Not knowing why I need you Protected Not knowing why I need to Not knowing why I want you Directed