Bleed Your Cedar

Used to go skinny dipping Trapping love in a lake Wading slowly Gripping sun with a rake Now the pool in your heart is frozen And I never did learn how to skate But it doesn't matter anyway I'm on the wrong side of the water Oh won't you listen to th

Last night in a dream I travelled for years and years Galaxies, centuries No one was there, it was bare and arid Red earth, eternal dusk Had to keep moving, walked for miles Fusing force, broke the dials And there in the distance Heard them ringing,

Remember how you found me Under a low bent half moon I must have been singing to you I've never left the water But I once knew some flying fish Thought I'd forget how to swim I am your mermaid I give to you freely But soon as you see me I'm gone I am

It's been seven years now Living in this box Closed in on all sides No light, just dark He kept me under the bed I'd pray for it to stop He's lock me safely away And lie on top Pop the latches, open the hatches Out comes Jack in the Box Doing tricks