In the heat of the moment and missing
all this came from kissing
all this came from wishing
all this for her heart to stay kept

the windows and shutters
the rain in the gutters
out back, the butterfly flutters
or butters...
one or the other

and if it weren't for her brother
or her childish mother
if it weren't for her lack of a father
why bother

he was a serial lover
he was so seemingly above her
he was so amusingly rich
and kissibly kitsch

but the phone, it never dazed her
and the letters never phased her
caught up in the smudges
from the cheap eraser

well, the wishes weren't kept
and the sleeping was slept
in different beds

well, the party had left
and the garden had wept
and every single time she stepped, she stepped on a dream

but it really wasn't as hard as it seems
it really wasn't as sour as it sounds
because once she hit the ground
and found the town
she knew how to get down.

It was there we met
soaking wet
with sweat and regret

it was there
we knelt and prayed
for our fears and afraids

it was there
we took hands and shook
held fists and took
our lives
with knives

If i were to abide
and if you would comb your hair to the side
we could recreate
reenact
that night we cried
remember that night we cried.........

for the sun and the evening
leaving
leavening
and that heaven-thing
where we're all headed
if we never get embedded
uploaded
bloated
with corrupt data
or clothing

we're loathing
every part
were lathering
and slathering
and slaughtering
our silly smiles

you said you'd find the key
i said i'd make a copy

it might be
it might not be, it might not ought be


then you poured me coffee

The story started with a name
and with it came
the words
and the life
and the pain

the unborn child
unripe, bitter and mild
had grown up in the woodland summers
had grown up with rivers and thunders
had lived without care
carefree as it would be
and who knew the name would be there?

but, i digress
my case i must rest
my opinion is studied and true
without the name
then no story became
and no child is born from the stew.