One On the Ground

She's got one foot on the ground

That's one more than before her day

Just crawl back and swallow your pride

Like so many pills before this

Girl, speak, you must know something more

I know that you must feel something

For your presence is coming chilly

Your motions sadly sober now

Please let yourself cry

Prove your miserable existence

And I will believe

I will confess my sin

You must know something more

I know that you must feel something

For your presence is coming chilly

Your motions sadly sober now

Choking on the manipulation of another

Roaming on the plane of no bother

The child spoke the truth

"I cannot believe that I'm dead"

So why bother us now?

You knew everything

Except the price of your haste

So hold your breath to hold his hand

I'm here, so where are you?

Everything was lost overhead

Above the mantle in the depression

Not a single memory

To burn in this betrayal

At least nothing that I can reach

I am still standing, still staring

At your child rolling, playing

In your husband's stain, would you make

A token for your son of what's left

Of his teeth pried from the plaster?

If he found the weakness

To surrender to pain, can you

Find the strength to search for him?

I am still here, so where are you?

I am still here and I need you

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The child spoke the truth

"I cannot believe that I'm dead"

So why bother us now?

You knew everything except the price

Of your haste

She's got one foot on the ground

That's one more than before her day

Just crawl back and swallow your pride

Like so many pills before this

Girl, speak, you must know something more

I know that you must feel something more