Before The Sun

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Out of the darkness starts the throbbing underneath
into the water "ankle-deep" or so you're told.
And all the language held before you out of reach,
but never knowing what the earth's like out of hold.
I don't remember loss of feeling
only know the tender way of empty head and empty hand.
And though a baby mimics standing
doesn't mean that we can change the definition of a man.

Oh, I did learn about the water, how it brings the life,
but never of its tendency to take.
And now my hand turns up the flame with the dial just for fun
like a toddler grasping clouds before the sun.

Into the desert he escapes from all the water,
tells the mountains that he caused it all to grow.
And find the mirror lying square between the cacti,
convince the man on the other side that he's alone.
He grew his hair out, casting shadows in moonlight
chased himself away, but said that he was drawn.
He challenged natives to a game that he invented
cut his damn heart out and used it as a pawn.

Don't try and lead you horse to water
only finding you're an empty saddle short of whats to come.
And now his shadow runs away as he reaches for his gun
while the cowboy lassos clouds before the sun.

And now the spirits, they will all transcend the the waters,
though transcendence to the fool was his reliance.
And when a ghoul lives his predestined in a dream
did he not know that even he could die from silence.
And now my heart doth flutter lonesome through the trees,
or waiting patient next Twain upon the sill.
Though its my desire to be holy
doesn't change that I am lonely or the fact I'd like to kill.

Don't try to put to death the waterfall
just because you're jealous of its fate to never come.
And now the ghoul will cry out from his lonesome grave, "Oh life you've won!"
Like ghosts that chase that clouds before the sun.

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from I Am That I'm Not, released November 1, 2014

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