When the water rests

WHEN THE WATER RESTS (E A C# F# B E, capo 4)

Maybe. Let go. Stand still. Really, can you tell what’s real? Reeling from last night still. Reaching for the hands at the wheel. Real Oh Geez want to stay. So why are you always walking away? Real Oh Geez got the Oh Geez back so why are you always leaving like that?

 

The sun took a long time to rise. But the morning still took us by surprise. And I saw the ocean in your eyes. You always take me by surprise. Hear the cockatoo as it flies. The black makes me want to cry. And lately they’ve been flying through the house. I don’t know what that’s all about.

 

I don’t know what that’s all about.

 

She has nothing and she has no intent of doing anything.

He has nothing and he has no intent of doing anything.

I have nothing and I have no intent of doing anything.

We have nothing.

 

And the mountains always seem to go first. It’s the big things that really make you hurt. In dark corners and lowly planes. That’s where water goes when it rains. And lately it’s been raining in the house. I don’t know what that’s all about. Lately you’ve been flying through the house. I don’t know what that’s all about.

 

And when the water rests it’s the filth that settles.