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A Long Way Down

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A Long Way Down

Following the beat of an idiot drum I came to the dock
Tired and alarmed as my footprints diminished in the mud
And at twelve o’clock all the streetlights hummed an arriette to me
Keeping in time with the sound of my footsteps, on the beat

I staged a comedy underneath the skeleton trees
Talking to myself
I sang your eulogy as I kicked the carpet of leaves into something else

You try to take a form to feel meaningful and parody the fool
Misunderstanding will undo the ego of us all
The pulse in my head needs a metronome - it’s a long way down
If all of these patterns amount to a picture of doubt

Disassemble the clocks and leave the greeting cards forgot in a draw somewhere
Let blackguards steal the game. A show of hands determine my fate with condolences
Adieu!
From here to where?

You'll never get enough
You'll never get enough
If you carry on like this
Spinning into the abyss
You’ll never get enough
You’ll never get enough
Tired of pissing into the wind?
You don’t have to end to begin again

I had a dream I was in an electrical storm with nowhere to hide
It all disappeared with your words in the morning from my side

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from Four Quartets, track released January 7, 2010

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