
Date of issue: 21.10.2013
Song language: English
Holy Branches |
When you were young |
You’d bite your tongue |
Calm, always did what you were told |
Never ran your mouth |
Lived life on tiptoes |
Only felt peace if by yourself |
Where mistakes don’t count |
There’s a hole in your chest |
From the time that you was born |
One that don’t get filled |
Cause you’ve always known |
You’re nothing they want |
But everybody’s bones are just holy branches |
Cast from trees to cut patterns in the world |
And in time we find some shelter, |
Spill our leaves, and then sleep in the earth |
And when there we’ll belong |
'Cause the earth don’t give a damn if you’re lost |
And now I live alone |
Work in the belly of machines |
Wring my soot black hands |
And I don’t sleep much |
Days don’t feel different from the nights |
With no goals in mind |
There’s a hole in my chest |
From the time the time I walked away |
One I fill with sweat |
'Cause now I know |
I’m nothing they want |
But everybody’s bones are just holy branches |
We ride the breeze to cut patterns in the earth |
And in time we find some shelter, |
Spill our seeds and then wait for our turn |
But for now we’re adrift on the winds of discontent |
Trying to carve our place |
All in hopes we’ll be something they want |
But I ain’t holding my breath |
Trace your fingers down my spine |
Make your home behind my eyes |
Line my skull with harmless lies |
I’ll bide my time until I’m something they want |
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