Black Bear
Help, helpI’m drowningIn the sea where I found youThe kerosene in your skinThe chemistry that I’m bound to
Picture me on an oceanIn a chest that I hollowI picture you in slow motionSomewhere in west ColoradoWell I don’t know where that place isIf I did I would followI don’t know what this taste isIf I did I would swallow
Thought I knew all the answersThought I held all the keysThe black bear that I led you tooWants more than I can speak
Thought I drew out the cancersThought I fell the diseaseTurns out that I need you nowMuch more than you need me
A track meet in my carComplicates what I told youThe back beat in my heartSyncopates when I hold you
Well I don’t know what the use isIf I did I’d unfold youI don’t know what the truth isIf I did I’d have told you
Thought I knew all the answersThought I held all the keysThe black bear that I led you tooWants more than I can speak
Thought I drew out the cancersThought I fell the diseaseTurns out that I need you nowMuch more than you need me