Sleeping At Last

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Porcelain"

"Porcelain"

The door broke when you slammed it shut,
and the cracks kept reaching long after you left.
through the floorboards, branching towards the hall,
like vines that never rest...
climbing like fire through the walls.
a single spark that claims the whole forest -
I know, I know... it's all for the best.
but honestly, I would rather be
safe from a distance than here...

when I fell to my knees
to sew the damage shut,
I couldn't believe...
a bright, staggering light
came flooding into me
from out of the seams.

so I reached deeper in
and pulled my whole world wide open,
and for each broken mile, a billion
miracles happen at once
in everything... in everything.

but I'm safe from a distance, right here.

everything I love
was made of porcelain,
ready to break.
but the bright, staggering light,
it anxiously waits inside.
like nesting dolls, the secret hides.
and like every birth,
it was a necessary pain...
I know, I know...
it's all worth the wait, worth the weight.

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Private Eyes"
(originally by Hall & Oates)

"Private Eyes"
(originally by Hall & Oates)

I see you, you see me
Watch you blurring the lines when you're making a scene
Oh girl, you've gotta know what my head overlooks
The senses will show to my heart
When it's watching for lies you can't escape my..

Private eyes, they're watching you
They see your every move
Private eyes, they're watching you
Private eyes, they're watching you, watching you, watching you

You play with words, you play with luck
You can twist it around, I've had enough cause girl
I've gotta know if you're letting me in or letting me go
Don't lie when you're hurting inside
Cause you can't escape my..

Private eyes, they're watching you
They see your every move
Private eyes, they're watching you
Private eyes, they're watching you, watching you, watching you

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Quicksand"

"Quicksand"

There are wires in between
Human heart and machine.
I will wait for mountains
To tell me you're okay…

On paper my future will lay.
I'll fold every failure into a crane.

Trust is quicksand,
Claiming everything I have,
All to give me life, all to give me life.

Slow down, hide your eyes!
The sun is setting fire
Through glass, branches deep.
I cough only to breathe.

Trust is quicksand,
Claiming everything I have,
All to give me life, all to give me life.
One thousand more to go,
I'll send every prayer from below.
I was swallowed by a whale.

Slow down, you're all words
And love is made of yarn.
Scissors,
A slip of the hand, a slip of the tongue;
God knows I meant no harm, I meant no harm.

In between every promise and lie there is a kiss.
In between tempers and suitcases there is a kiss.

In between medicine and the sick there is a kiss.
In between arrows, aim, and release, there is a kiss.

(Anchors in reverse
Lead us back to birth.)

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Resolve"

"Resolve"

Generations wait
Like the river sways,
For a father's blood,
For a mother's love.

Though not the promised land,
Nor any perfect plan,
Along our neutral path
There was a single lowered branch.

What was flawless canvas-white,
What was kindness in our eyes
Is now a blemished masterpiece,
An astigmatism life.
But let's cut right to the chase,
To when the best of us was on display,

Before we tipped the scale from confidence to doubt.
I would hold you now, if only i knew how.

Concentration breaks
Under frivolous weight.
If the right words exist,
May they find our lips.

Let's stay the course
And let the tension make us new.
I don't know if it's virtue,
I don't know if it's just dumb luck.
Would it matter if it was?
What if we welcomed change in
Or opened up just enough
To let it begin?

“the doors will open wide for you.”
It was said just like it was the truth,
If we walk right through...

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Ruby Blue"
(originally by Róisín Murphy)

"Ruby Blue"
(originally by Róisín Murphy)

You'd better stop
And try to think
Look what you're doing
Oh, Ruby

You never get to give it all you got
Cause you forgot to take it to the top
Oh Ruby Blue

Why do you make a start
With no means to go on
It's on the tip of your
Ruby, we used to love you truly
You used to make us laugh
It really was a gas
But now you're a bore

One
Two
Three
But now you're a bore

It was you
And them
And me
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue

Check yourself
Do you get me
Do you get me
Do you get me
Do you get me
Do you get me

You'd better stop
And try to think
Look what you're doing
Oh, Ruby

You never get to give it all you've got
Cause you forgot to take it to the top
Oh, Ruby Blue

Nobody cares anyway
If you play the painted lady
Four and more
Five and six
Who would have believed
It would come to this
Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue

Check yourself

You'd better stop
And try to think
Look what you're doing
Oh, Ruby

You never get to
Give it all you've got cause you forgot
To take it to the top
Oh Ruby Blue

One
Two
Three
Look what you're doing
Oh Ruby
Nobody's there anyway
It was you
And them
And me

Look what you do
Oh, Ruby Blue

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Saturn"

"Saturn"

You taught me the courage of stars before you left.
How light carries on endlessly, even after death.
With shortness of breath, you explained the infinite.
How rare and beautiful it is to even exist.

I couldn’t help but ask
For you to say it all again.
I tried to write it down
But I could never find a pen.
I’d give anything to hear
You say it one more time,
That the universe was made
Just to be seen by my eyes.

I couldn’t help but ask
For you to say it all again.
I tried to write it down
But I could never find a pen.
I’d give anything to hear
You say it one more time,
That the universe was made
Just to be seen by my eyes.

With shortness of breath, I’ll explain the infinite
How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist.

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Say"

"Say"

Say what you really want to say
and the truest of forms will show
finally you'll find your soul

they impose the endless fight
to always be perfect
it seems they have been chosen
to be above the rest
but the contradiction stands
between these perfect lives
and the words that they've misread
there was no reading

say all the things that you really want to say
the truest of forms will show
finally you'll find your soul
say all the things that you really want to say
the truest of forms will show
and finally you'll find your soul

the landscape of being
are endlessly competing, back and forth
for an answer to existance
that we can never find
in all of the places that we've searched out
in all of the pulses that we've taken
there was no reading

say all the things that you really want to say
the truest of forms will show
finally you'll find your soul
say all the things that you really want to say
then you'll find the truest of forms will show
and finally well find our souls

give us the answers
and give the ability to hear

the landscape of being
are endlessly competing, back and forth
for an answer to existance
that we can understand

perhaps were looking far too closely
we cant see
all the evidence in its entirety
the air in our lungs
the complexity of our love

say all the things that you really want to say
then you'll find the truest of forms will show
and finally you'll find your soul
say all the things that you really want to say

say what you really want to say
and the truest of forms will show
finally youll find your soul

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Seven Mile December"

"Seven Mile December"

I fell asleep to the sound of the snow
Brushing against my window
With thoughts of you, my dear

And how you were so gentle with my heart
Just as you always are

When I see your face then I know
That you're the one that I will always know

Roses hang like paintings of you
Oh, How beautiful you are

And how you were so gentle with my heart
Just as you always are

When I see your face then I know
That you're the one that I will always know

December days,
With my heart like the weather
Cold and unpredictable
To me

Unpredictable to you

The best of me
The best of you
Is noticed when it's too far away from our hands
And from our hearts

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Side By Side"

"Side By Side"

Now it's so hard to separate
my disappointments from his name.

because shadows stretch behind the truth,
where stained glass offers broken clues
and fear ties knots and pulls them tight.
it leaves us paralyzed.

but in the end such tired words will rest.
the truth will reroute the narrow things they've said.
the marionette strings will lower and untie
and out of the ashes, love will be realized.

God knows that we've been naive
and a bit
nearsighted to say the least.
it's broken glass at children's feet
that gets swept aside unexpectedly.

fox69 · 12.01.2017

"Sight"

"Sight"

I see God in symmetry
I see God in our make-believe
I see God in our grand attempts
To make something beautiful before life ends

I see God in irony
In fragile heirlooms within children’s reach
And I see God in our damaged goods
But you see God in ways I wish I could
You see God in ways I wish I could

Without instruction, without obstruction you believe
Without container or dualistic framework
You see the Holy Ghost in broad daylight
And I see the reflection in your eyes

I see God in healing bones
In the sanctuary of our homes
I see God in the wilderness
In our magnetism to recklessness

Black or white we're vivid color
After a while it all runs together
Our stained glass means nothing without light

I see God in our damaged good
But you see God in ways I wish I could
You see God in ways I wish I could

Without assurance, without insurance you believe
Without condition or the promise of heaven
You see the Holy Ghost in broad daylight
And I see the reflection in your eyes
I see the reflection in your eyes