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