I Hold Nothing

Your love Swells and pounds me I know nothing now that I know you My face goes blank My eyes go open gates And the world can go (in them) And the world can stay and make us wealthy And take away I hold nothing Now that I hold nothing, now that I hold you There's no place to use our money where we live The generous world suggests generous living So we lay under low wide branches Of the oldest tree on the dune, in the hay Where we will stay for so long That the careful birds will relax And make black nests in your black hair And walk around beneath my still feet And we will only notice the play of the world for a moment And let it roll on, the way the world rolls on We will only notice the world for a moment And let it roll on, the way the world rolls on The world, for a moment, and let it roll on The way the world rolls on We will only notice the world for a moment And let it roll on, the way the world rolls on Through open gates And we will only notice the play of the world (that long moss is growing on us) (that the wind has rewritten us) (the give and take not stopping ever) For only a moment In a generous way: I give long walks to the dogs (In a generous way, I) I put commas and periods in songs I give closed eyes to the day I give peace to the long decay (we do not need to fear dying)