Calico

Your house was a good one

Though the yard was overgrown

And your shirts were all tailored

And my dresses were all calico

Oh, your bed was always covered

The black pants you wouldn't ware

That was part of the pattern

And it fit just like it should

When I released the spare room

I never sat in front of you

And through the thin wall

We heard our neighbors argue

But I couldn't just shut up and lie

I never let you have your last night

Your house was a good one

Though the yard was overgrown

Your shirts were all tailored

My dresses were all calico

Widowspeak

Thick As Thieves

Once we've been as thick as thieves

Once we kept good company

Carpet bags and paper view

By the time for the afternoon

You too will forget what it meant to

Shine the forest for the trees

Pines aren't .... that gave our...

Make the bed and build our nest

Now we lay above to rest

You too will forget what it meant to

Once we've been as thick as thieves

Widowspeak

The Dark Age

 I wait here, in the dark with you

Secrets, in the dark age

He go right, days, and the heart cold

He comes slowly, on the winning team

Will be hard, he says to me

Will be hard I used to be

You know nothing stays the same

Gotta keep your story straight

And it’s getting caught when

You don’t know what you’re waiting for

Somewhere in the dark with you 

Keep me here, in the dark age

Holding, ..with me, on me

I’ll stay, if you’ll tell me to

Will be hard, he says to me

Will be hard I used to be

You know nothing stays the same

Gotta keep your story straight

And it’s getting caught when

You don’t know what you’re waiting for

Somewhere in the dark with you

Keep me here, in the dark age

With you.

Widowspeak

True believer

 Are we one? 

On this stir 

While we gaze 

Our way 

You lock hypnotized 

Why you lie 

Night so long

Speak into arms 

Hey steal stream 

Once the heat 

I feel on my arm 

,...asleep in our clothes 

I feel like something altered 

Won't you say up through who you were 

Can't you be my real thing 

Shotgun, that doesn't feel 

Keep your feet off your dream 

With this love 

Why do we set'em 

But I won't run 

Splint an end 

Smallest eyes 

Broken flyers 

With our eyes 

Tangled cheeks 

Tangled hair 

I thought you'd be you 

Hear the names 

Trying it 

Feels the same 

Something mature

Won't you say up through who you were 

Can't you be my real thing 

Shotgun, that doesn't feel 

Keep your feet off your dream 

Widowspeak

Gun Shy

What you were, what it was

You were fixing to get lost

I tried to tame you, it wasn't long 'til you were takin' off

Lightly, 

Lonely on the road at night

You're still a wild one, but what is it you're running from?

All scared, like you're staring down the barrel of the gun

No pistol could get you, no rifle could shoot fast enough

Some try to love you, but it's never long before you shake 'em off

Lightly, 

Lonely on the road at night

Lights so low and glare in your eyes

Lightly,

Lonely on the road at night

Lights so low and glare in your eyes

Widowspeak

Harsh Realm

 

Last night I thought of you

Years ago, when bodies grew

An empty home

A vacant Hell

I knew you in the harsh realm

I thought about how it was

I thought about you because

I always

think about you

I always think about you

I always think about you

Widowspeak