Water

My body was sleeping While my poor mind was dreaming When they woke me up I didn't know that I'd been screaming And my old heart was pounding, for the devil had found me Trapped me in a corner of my mind And my legs were both shaking From the pain they'd been taking Picked my body up, and aimed for home But these boots have seen better Can't make sense of this weather Rolling over me, up in the sky But I was warm like a fire For I was full of desire to hold on, to not let go Thought of friends, thought of family And all who surround me Those enemies I danced with, so long ago Let them know If you find water, please call my name Put me out like a fire, cover me in rain Thought of stars and the planets Wondered how they could have planned this And what were they thinking How could they have known? I felt small, but full of pride I felt tall for my size My eyes were black and fixed on the night And your name just hung From a song I had sung There in the air Suspended by beauty There are words that get spoken Oh, and lives they leave broken Some stone breaks in half And some stone shatters But my speech had been fleeting Like the company I'd been keeping I never asked for their names, they never asked for mine Just a polluted highway Or a clouded skyway I'm a mess I confess, now send me the maid If you find water, please call my name Put me out like a fire, cover me in rain Thought of stages with their singers Oh and painters with their fingers I was strong like a horse in carrying my song To drop it off in some stable When I was young I was able To never turn around, to never look behind To grow old, to grow distant Like a mare in the distance Bothering no one, so let her live Until she dies Picture lilies, picture willows And a wide open window To a room with a view, and both of us laughing Just children so young Oh, at least in the scheme With our hair still there And you keep my teeth clean I sing who is my creator Not my mother Nor my father But before the universe burst wide on open If you find water, please call my name Put me out like a fire, cover me in rain If you find water, please call my name Put me out like a fire, cover me in rain