coyote melodies

One, two, three, put your eyes on me,

In this house there is a breeze,

The tear feels cold on the cheek.

One, two, three, keep your heart with me,

As I keep counting on you,

The cold isn’t for the weak.

And I know it burns,

As the stomach churns,

And everything we learn,

Seems to fall apart now.

And I want to shelf,

Some parts of myself,

And everything I earn,

Falls down into the urn.

One, two, three, please, your eyes on me,

I will keep on begging you,

I’ve betrayed the innocent,

Bottling it, (“Ignite it.”)

I’ve left a scar on my throat,

Keeping it in. (“And light us.”)

And I gotta say sorry to someone,

Because the moment’s passed,

And my eyes are all glass.

Oh, smoking gun,

I didn’t mean to fire, no no no,

So, smoking mind,

I’ve had all the ire to go go go!

Help me somehow,

I woke up to banging on my door,

To some voices I’ve not heard before,

Who are they? What do they want?

But I couldn’t answer them.

My heart was banging inside my chest,

And my mind was quite the scattered mess,

Where am I? What do I do?

But I couldn’t make a sound.

I’ve got that phobia phobia,

The fear of being afraid,

Dazing in my room,

Waiting on the passing gray,

Living beneath a dystopia,

Where fear is always replayed,

Misunderstandings,

You and your Iapetus face,

Looking for a common place,

But we are out in space,

Dwindling outward.

Say something nice, say something cruel,

I don’t understand!

Us and our Iapetus place,

I see the tears on your face,

And they leave every trace,

Tumbling backwards.

Let’s return to the rings, c’mon,

How it used to be!

Hand in hand, the abyss,

Let’s avoid the void, cannot miss,

Understand, in a twist,

Let’s avoid the void, cannot miss!

Ring to hand, with a kiss,

Let’s avoid the void, cannot miss,

Understand, I need this,

I dunno what to say,

Maybe I should leave it there,

Rather than pick at the scab,

And make it bleed.

I dunno, what’s today,

I sit in the leather chair,

From its hide, I guess I’ll hide,

What do I need?

Maybe something else,

A skin not full of sin,

My skin’s a sin now,

And we call that sin skin!

‘Cause I didn’t know,

What compromises it,

My skin’s a sin now,

And we call that sin skin!

There will be higher moments,

I’ve just got to find ‘em,

And when I do,

Oh, when I do…

I’ve had my lower moments,

Don’t need to remind me,

But when I look,

When I look up…

I’m crying here, as I write,

No, I’m not ready to say goodnight,

I have so much love to give,

Ain’t need another reason to live!

Hold my hands under the stars,

They’re so peculiar, out so far,

I could be up high like that,

Just like an outer space acrobat!

I’ve got so many reasons,

It’s going down, my mind is wound,

And yet outside I make no sound,

Turn me around, out of the bounds,

And yet inside I still feel down.

Laze in my bed, words all unsaid,

And yet they ramble in my head,

Tears will be shed, rather be dead,

I can’t commit to what’s been said.

We could organize the downstairs,

Someone organize my upstairs,

And when I do fall down the stairs,

I will not be the one who stares.

Look into you,

Look into me,

And we may see who’s wrong.

No, it’s nothing,

It’s everything,

How did I rub you wrong?

Morning dew, how are you,

Feel your chest against mine,

We’ll figure it out, soon,

Sparkle, firefly, excite,

I dunno if that’s true,

Well who-ooh-ooh are you?

Underneath the moonlight,

I oughta see this through,

Well how-ow-ow could you?

You struck my sight again,

Dunno why, but I do know when,

Grandfather clock’s chiming,

Gotta keep my timing!

You struck my sight, at ten,

Dunno how, but I do know when,

And the minute’s finding,

Yeah, my heart’s flatlining!

Let’s do-ooh-ooh it all again,

Fireflies inside my palm,

There’s nothing, null,

I’m waiting to fill my heart,

But my head’s already full.

There’s something, still,

You could help me do my part,

Because I don’t have the will.

The window’s locked, but let’s look,

It’s raining out, fish on a hook,

It could be swimming around,

And we could be swimming outbound.

I’m so sorry for what I didn’t say,

No, I don’t think it would’ve delayed this.

The dirt’s gone to mud,

Want my heart to thud,

Let’s play in the mud,

There’s nothing to say,

For my time’s been spent,

And the windmill’s bent,

I wonder where the wind has went?

The sky is all gray,

Legs are suspended,

Subconscious ended,

I wonder where my ground has went?

Free-falling in the overcast,

I’m over it, I’m over it,

Come and gone, it was all too fast,

I took a pill,

Didn’t make me feel better,

So I willed myself to, yeah.

I had no thrills,

Couldn’t make me laugh better,

So I willed myself to, yeah.

When it’s not enough, road’s getting tough,

I lie down and remember…

When I’m not enough, roots to the rough,

I look up and remember…

Stomachache, shoulders shake,

Overcast, over the hills,

My head aches, driving fast,

On the highway, can’t stay still!

Take off my bandanna,

And tie it around my neck,

Keep me in check,

Keep me in check!

Stomachache, hit the brakes,

Out of mind and out of time,

My heart aches, driving bad,

Interstate may make us late!

My inner state’s on the interstate.

Take off my bandanna,

And tie it around my neck,

Check in on me,

What about us,

The glass in our rib cages,

When we move on,

Is it scattered through boxes,

Will you hold us,

Try to make meaning,

Lick the back of my tooth,

Shuffle under my covers,

But there’s no meaning to be made.

Been flossing, cleaning,

Something’s behind my tooth,

Hiding under my covers,

I dreamt about mistakes I’ve made.

It’s hot in here,

The weather’s clear,

But it’s too hot,

Break it up and break it low,

Lately, my brain’s been in tow,

Can’t get my thoughts to slow, no,

Oh oh oh, three in a row.

Break it down and make me go,

Stars lie in the back, in tow,

So slingshot them back, please, please,

I’m down here, low, on my knees!

I can’t get any lower,

You’ve got the power,

Shoot out my sour, dour!

Ow, ow, oh!

I can’t get any lower,

You’ve got the power,

Make up a new hour!

Throw the hourglass to the sea…

Break it up and break it low,

Lately, my brain’s been in tow,

Can’t get my thoughts to slow, no,

Someone said something nice to me,

But I don’t know where to put it,

Guess I’ll put it behind my eye socket?

Someone said something mean to me,

But I don’t know where to put it,

Guess I’ll put it behind the wall socket?

“Ouch!”

Watch where you aim that BB gun,

Poke an eye out, having such fun,

And watch where you aim your elbow,

It can hurt, it can break, can make,

Another socket I never did want!