Big Wheel

If I ask you a question Will you answer so? To show those words could rise inside your starry coat If I ask you a question Will you already know? I see her in your eyes, that poem in your throat Do you feel like you’re dreaming? Do you feel as if you’ll fall? Do mountains lose their meaning when they seem this small? Can you keep me a secret? Don’t answer that, I know Out here your vessel lies transparent to your soul This freeway runs so high Its end meets eye to eye Point a claw at the terminus And watch the stars sail by The cars flow back and forth A light path to the north Red and white leviathan Her scales a glistening shore The big wheel in the sky He arcs o’er miles and miles It’s getting hard to breathe So take my paw and dive We can see the whole town from up here Feel the wind sail past our ears The whistling noise it makes So frigid and so fierce Hold onto yourself now Don’t let your body go It slips so easily through starlight’s undertow Hold close to the wind now Those shivers in your spine They bind like wires to the world that waits outside Do you feel like you’re changing? Your body knows its shape That timbre rings across your skin, around your nape Can you hear the birdsong? Can you smell the distant rain? Look inside yourself, you’ll see you’re still the same This freeway runs so high Its end meets eye to eye Point a claw at the terminus And watch the stars sail by The cars flow back and forth A light path to the north Red and white leviathan Her scales a glistening shore The big wheel in the sky He arcs o’er miles and miles It’s getting hard to breathe So take my paw and dive We can see the whole town from up here Feel the wind sail past our ears The whistling noise it makes So frigid and so fierce Can I ask you a question? I promise I’ll be brief I have a feeling you have somewhere else to be Does it feel a bit hazy? Will you be waking soon? Will you remember me, when you’re back in your room? This freeway runs so high Its end meets eye to eye Point a claw at the terminus And watch the stars sail by The cars flow back and forth A light path to the north Red and white leviathan Her scales a glistening shore The big wheel in the sky He arcs o’er miles and miles It’s getting hard to breathe So take my paw and dive We can see the whole town from up here Feel the wind sail past our ears The whistling noise it makes So frigid and so fierce