Over The Rhine
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander
you are a gardeneryou cultivate my soulyou water thirsty vinesthat snake along my spinein case I forget to shiveryou are a carpenteryou build the scaffoldingreplace the windowpaneI see the sky againas if I've been deliveredyou are a fishermanmy weather lets you knowwhen and when not to waityour hook's inside the baitI'm wary but I swallowyou are a messengeryou bring me all the newsthe kind that never liesit's written in my eyesyou beckon and it followsI get to be guiltyyou are a singer toocarry me like a tuneLetras de cancionesI'm like a newborn childI'm wrapped up for a whileyou're swaying like a hoboyou are a circus clownI've never laughed beforebeneath your canopyoh say a prayer for meI want this in a photoso be a photographerI'm dancing naked nowacross the maple floorabove the lion's roaryour pictures will protect meyou must be a scientist by nowwith rumpled midnight hairyou've studied every poreand every follicleof my bewildered bodyI get to be guiltyyours is a different lightI like my face that waythe canvas of my skinserene and strange but true
From Letras Mania