Bloodflow

Her eyes are closed now that final breath is nearShe lets go of my hand and I fall into a sea of tearsSearch for the trail that we were both ridingLost sometime agoNow I'm stranded on the mountain's edgeAnd there's only one way back down...

And down I goInto the ground where the bad seeds are sownTake root and pull me further inLong and long and longer it takesGood luck's gone and there's no more breaksJust the ground beneath that shakes and gives way

Swallowed up whole, there ain't much now I can pullNo stunt man surprisesOr Houdini-like disguisesFor death defying escapeAvoid the tap on the shoulderFrom that one in the long black cape

Just to see those eyes of hers shineIs worth any sum or length of timeThat would fill up that spaceWhere her love once flowed

But the more I resistThe further and further out I driftGet swept out in the rip tideWhere part of me wants to lie'neath the waves of sorrow and tearsSink to the bottom and linger thereThe rest of my tearsWalk amongst the mossy bonesOf my fathers, mothers, sisters, brothersFeel their blood flow away