Lyrics General Sherman - Invalids

General Sherman

Held collective hope that after all it won’t come true
By the time we get to you
You’ll be tired of what we do
(still there for hour by hour)
I waited up
Why can’t we send
My ghost instead
All we used to wish to be
Forms that covered the sky black
The nimbostratus and downpour
Lately it seems like sometimes I forget to breathe
And I don’t mean poetically
As if I can’t keep my own speed
It’s like at least subconsciously
I take in air and then release
But don’t repeat
Like I had gotten all I need
Just under halfway there
Pause just for a second
The rain keeps getting in
Can’t see our back window
Go on
Fall asleep
Cold, your forehead
Against the glass
I don’t bother anymore
With things I used to do
Honest, I won’t bother you
The instance (the relay)
Its position in space
Up ahead the streets were dead
The lantern lit a glow from above your bed
And we both noticed if you stare for long enough
The patterns start to seem like they’re no longer there
Hoped you wouldn’t mind
The only number I could try
When there was only silence on the other side
What did it sound like?