Shake the hands of the Devil
Wag the tail of the dog
Open the side of the great wide sea
Shimmering in the tears of burning trees

Dear Devil, grant me my three wishes
You have my soul and all that is told
The sea is bubbling over onto the great plains
Watch the insane grip their books and their canes

Purple fish in a cloud of deep wonder
Car horns blow in my air like a great wind
The win we were hoping for will not come
And my eyes are bleeding from staring into the sun

A care free husband and a strict down to Earth daughter
Free water in pails rusted and depraved
Makes my pulse skip a beat, my heart catapult
A man sits next to me with a vial and a sulk

Two walk together without anything to say
The children play with their toys
While their mother is lost in line away
Father tells me I can go as long as I pay

Star tended sky with streaks of pearl and blue
We sat side by side with her hands in a tie
Your feet were larger and warmer than mine
Your smile in the moonlight so wide and kind

"A snarl for your thoughts?" asked the shadow.
"I've got all the time in the world as long as you're not bothered."
"A snarl?" I returned, "Why not a white lie?"
He nodded and I say, "When night falls, be calm."

Concrete horizontals with black and tan misfortunes
The straw is in the shake and we're down to the last drop
I allow myself forgiveness, but others, they do not
Sometimes love feels like handcuffs, strapped down, and caught

Whisper through the window from the midnight moon
Go to the window and declare yourself free
A shout, a plea, a lonely man speaks to a burning tree
Wishing for direction in a world so devoid of divinity

The locks of her hair tumbled down her face
Like rocks down a mountainside.
We watched the rings of the sun turn,
Listening to the changing of the tide.

I take no boundaries to the limits of this and that
A cradle only rocks for so long a time
Magazine covers of pretty girls who never end
The separation is coming. The divide of us and them.