cold call
Teacher, lover, friend
This is a cold call
A brief plea
Though it's been a while I've not forgotten
What you've done for me
How we walked together
Unhurriedly, but with such urgency
Now I'm hanging on
And I won't let go
Until you're next to me
I'm not giving up
I'm not letting go
Until you show
Twisting in the throes
Writhing in between
Wistful memories
And these headless dreams
They won't let me be
I’m not giving up
I’m not letting go
Until you show
to remind me
That abundance is real
Even though it may not be here
And even when it is nowhere near
I'll loiter for what feels like ages
Just shy of glory's door
Out here on a limb
Hanging by a thread
Strung out on your love
This is a cold call
lover's trance
don’t put me in that lover’s trance
i seem to lose myself every time
the way you lovingly tie my hands
don’t put me back in that lover’s trance
no not now, i need to rest
don’t take me back there again just yet
but you know best don’t you
just give me time to catch my breath
gain my bearings and have a look around
think about what it is i should do
i’ve lost my way cuz it’s been so long
that i’ve been positively spellbound
but i got a feeling that i’m beating a path back to you
yes, you know best don’t you
tell me friend have you seen enough
of this shameless pagaentry?
tell me friend, have you heard enough?
just put me back in that lovers trance
don’t have the strength or will to fight it
(and besides i kind of liked it)
praise song
i've been looking for you so long
and then from nowhere you came
i've been singing your praises so long
where have you been
i've been working for you so hard
every day and every night
i've been waiting for you so long
with all my paitience and might
and now i ask this last thing of you
tuck me under the veil
now i ask this last thing of you
tuck me, please, under your veil
'cuz i been looking for you so long
where have you been
i've been singing our praises so long
and then from nowhere you came
brief bouts
oh i, i feel it coming
i know that rhythm so well
if only we can navigate the space between
these brief bouts of ecstasy
trying to find a way
navigate the space between
these ever so brief…
these ever so brief
bouts of ecstasy
oh, the space between
though i, i'm still longing
you satisfy me so well
i only wanna go a little further
get a bit closer with you
why can’t we
why don’t we get a bit
just a bit
closer
closer
closer
no matter where or how wide we wander
we always end up back here
breath to breath, sweat on sweat
yes, we're wrapped tight in this love
oh i, i feel it coming
i know that rhythm so well
if only we can navigate the space between
these brief bouts of ecstasy
JUBILATION
in the morning
any morning
when sorrow comes knocking
greet her kindly
and don't you forget
to invite her in
thank her for her
wisdom and insight
then bid her fair well
she'll be singing as she's leaving
try to match the tune
let it all pour out
there's a magnificent thread
running through every season
let it season you right
in the morning
any morning
when sorrow comes knocking
greet her kindly
and don't youforget
to invite her in
her message is identical
to that of your true friend
we'll be singing as we're leaving
clear is the tune
heaven's raining down
there's a magnificent thread
running through every season
let it season you well
(fuck with it-----get out once every dog has had its day)
(multiple repeats,
jubilation: ushering in the next world
hesitation: wasting more of your labor
1,000 ways
patience will waste you away
I’m beginning to learn
Still you must wait anyway
I’m beginning to learn
Just wait
I guess that what they mean when they say
You’ll see
People might lead you astray
I’m beginning to learn
Still you mustn’t be afraid
I’m beginning to learn
I’ve got this friend who says
There’s 1,000 ways
To kneel and kiss the ground
You’ve just got to find one
One thing
The only thing that keeps us from the secret
Only thing
The fact that our need is so desperate
our insatiable hearts so restless
restless
patience will waste you away
I’m beginning to learn
People might lead you astray
I’m beginning to learn
People might lead you astray
I’m beginning to learn
I’ve got this friend who says…
This is all that you get
Hallelujah
I’m beginning to learn
wound too tight
i'm wound too tight
and i'm tired of waiting
something had to give
but i'm still standing by
we're still standing by
it's gonna happen
it's gotta happen
it’s gotta happen
it's gonna happen
justice is coming
splendor is here
justice is coming
splendor is here
don't ever wonder
whether you deserve
this pleasure
any lover will tell you
we are our own reward
don't ever wonder
whether you deserve
this pleasure
any lover will tell you
we are our own reward
I’m wound too tight
And I’m tired of waiting
But i got this feeling
that justice is coming
i get the feeling
that splendor is here
I’m wound too tight
And I’m tired of waiting
don't ever wonder
whether you deserve
this pleasure
any lover will tell you
we are our own reward
I got this feeling that
Justice is coming
I get the feeling that splendor is here
I’m wound too tight
And I’m tired of waiting
I’m wound too tight
And I’m tired of waiting
don't ever wonder
whether you deserve
this pleasure
any lover will tell you
we are our own reward
skids
you love me best out on a limb
you wanna see my face
wrought above the precipice
but i know
you'd never let me slide right in
you make sure that i pay tribute to every inch
on the way down
I fall and i fall and i fall again
just to get to the bottom of your love
i'm on the ropes, i'm on the verge, i'm on the brink, i'm on the skids
'til you let me in
then maybe this time you'll decide to let me in
you like me here out on this limb
you wanna see my face
smiling on the precipice
but i know
that it was you who invited me in
you made sure that i sing praises to every inch
all the way down
i fall and i fall and i fall apart
just as long as i'm unraveled by your love
copacetic
now everybody's seen it
everyone but you
they been saying it for years
good god this can't be true
now everybody's seen it
everyone but you
now you're holding up your hands
goddamn this can't be true
now it's all copacetic
feeling so elated
now that i see
i shouldn't worry so much
it's not about me
hang on to the thinnest thread
of these fleeting feelings
how fast they pass
elation’s just a breath away
all you have to do is ask
now it’s all copacetic
what good is it?
I wanna know
Those mysterious things you know
I wanna go
Those peculiar places you go
Won’t you help me to see
The wondrous world you see
What good is it to be
When you don’t belong to nobody
And if I must
Endure another wilderness
Now that I’ve been shown
A mere inkling of your world
And now that I have been
To the outskirts of your heaven
And with your help I’ve gleaned
The froth from the cream
Now I almost never feel alone
I barely remember alone
And if I must
Endure another wilderness
Carry me like a child
Make sure I’m enveloped in your song
Now that I’ve been shown
A mere inkling of your world
And now that I have been
To the outskirts of your heaven
And with your help I’ve gleaned
The froth from the cream
What good is it to be
If you don’t belong to nobody