Geese

You do not have to be anything better
But, my darling, you cannot live like this forever
Like wild geese flying towards something
You do not have to do good, but you cannot do nothing

The animal watching and letting you live
You cannot offer up something that was not yours to give
And I'm doing the talking, how I do in my sleep
Just forgive me for wanting everything that you need

And I'm pretty as ever, but it's never enough
What is chasing you, brother? What is testing your luck?
And there's a hole in the center, you can see through the crack
It was there when you left, and it will be there

When you come back
When you come back

I will not lay me down in front of the tracks
If I swore that I meant it, then I take it back
I'm running water overflowing the bath
Something lost in the center turns the water black

When you come back
When you come back