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