Lullaby

There’s a crow that flies over a city on fire

And an orchestra slowly waking

The clouds have uncovered a nameless desire

And it sounds like a bone slowly breaking

You finally faced me and told me the truth

And you showed me the space where I’d altered the proof

I was stunned, it was like I had killed you

This much I’ve done, this much more I will still do

I’ve written you letters I haven’t remembered

In my childish vendetta of self-preservation

I’ve listened to nothing, and understood less

I’ve made such a mess of this whole situation

Now how would it be, to just wash this away

Oh my tongue is tied, I don’t know what to say

There are no more alibis for my behaviour

I give you a lullaby, I have nothing braver

Oh go to sleep, with your eyes buttoned shut

Against the cold and the sleet

And the kisses I stitch to your blanket will keep you

From falling away form your dreams

I will hold you secure at your beautiful seams

I’m sorry my apologies have been selfish and specious

I despise the philosophy of water under bridges

I don’t believe emotion can only flow forwards

And into some ocean that all rivers go towards

Well I will swim backwards and find where the source is

And see where the truth lies and learn my resources

There are no more alibis for my behaviour

I bring you a lullaby I have nothing braver

Oh go to sleep, with your eyes buttoned shut

Against the cold and the sleet

And the kisses I stitch to your blanket will keep you

From falling away form your dreams

I will hold you secure at your beautiful seams

Travel by road, baby, travel by river, travel by faltering wings

Keep yourself only and always and ever in the company of angels and kings

The company of angels and kings

What would it take to make this up to you

If my hands were untied I would know what to do

But there are no more alibis for my behaviour

I give you a lullaby, I have nothing braver