Kevin Devine
Somewhere Unoccupied
You got some bad newsYou took it face firstLike people often doNo matter how advancedAn enlightened perspective's nosafeguard againstA real lifeWith its nosedivesIts gutter lowsIts sunrise heightsI heard you say,"I'm an acrobatI cheated deathNow death is cheating backI thought I might hide outBecome the empty skyBut I had to landI couldn't findSomewhere unoccupied"You sang in ghost notes:A second historyA pool of broken codeI felt the moment slideYou were bridging the halves of a great divideLetras de cancionesI heard you say,"If there's an architectLet's see the planLet's see who gets it nextI'm sure, sometimes,Except when I'm certain otherwise."I felt your hand fold into mine,And I was preoccupiedFelt fleeting & smallCompletely surrounded byThe fates of us allYou were the troubled oneBut you took me onYou carried me alongI heard you say,"Go be a welcome mat.A sign of home;An uncomplicated factOutside yourself,the whole world is helping someone else.An act of grace, a clearing mind -Somewhere unoccupied"
From Letras Mania