For-Getting

When the night lays me down to sleep
I hear my head go through secrets
Only the ones I'll always keep......for me

And when one person follows me
Down to windy fields
I hear a voice I've always heard......call me

The tall grass hits my feet
And whispers things to me
Silent pleas that I will never hear

And when this tree summons me to be
What choice do I give myself to live
I guess we're all too easy to forget

I search under every lonely stone
To find a heart to call my own
I am forgetful + ashamed
Of what I might remember to say

I'm so far along this path I lead
Too much alone to ever leave
Fumbled my own tumbling stones of blame

Go unto the light, child
Carve what you need from the dirt
Build the mountain with the old
...one day you'll reach the top

In this way there is no blue
The clouds will not give way
Look over your shoulder, you will see

What you may leave behind for me
Is only what you feel you don't need
So I become easy to forget

But in your head, so much unread
You are forgetful + to blame
But in your wreckage I will save
Someone needs what you're forgetting


28/5/98