The Crow

That old crow came back today Sitting in my window like a prophet Out on the fire escape, to say 'Anger is just love, left out, gone to vinegar' You wake up a stranger to yourself then you Learn to live with her Sit in her clothing 'til you fill out her figure You know life's no bella telenovela The tightrope bows with your weight in the center The slide show don't put all the pictures together You try to do it right though Right though, until you let the kite go Death and romance, the riddles of our lifetimes Tryna get a slow dance, middle of a knife fight You get up and you, you give blood Even on a good night Even on a good night out You send signal, you listen for an echo At the first splinters you run to tell Geppetto And in the worst winters the whole thing feels untenable Crow took me by the shoulder And he told me honey, don't let go Nobody fears the height, you all just fear the fall Go to the edge sometime And prove your body wrong You land badly, but you crash standing You land badly, but you crash He took me to the workshop Showed me where they built the bodies A blacksmith, a mason, a carpenter And in the darkroom, where the whole assembly started All the clothesline where the hearts hung to harden You come as fragile, soft machines And you're bound to fast, you're bound to grieve But you're built to balance on two feet So why you living this last year from your knees Oh please put me down again Oh please put me down Oh please put me down again Oh please put me down Please put me down I know you lost a bet G'head and catch your breath But when the worst relents You learn to live unless You learn to live on less You learn to live on less You learn to live or less You duck some, you take some square Your luck runs out, you're there in midair And when the big one comes You'll know by the snare roll You can be too careful Ignore all the scarecrows Time flies like the crow does No regard for the grid I can't ask you to show love But would it kill you if you did Nobody fears the height, you all just fear the fall Go to the edge sometime And prove your body wrong You land badly, but you crash standing You land badly, but you crash