I'm not heavy

I’M NOT HEAVY (E A D G B E)

 

Hide under the bed sheets. Fill the space next to me. Teach me but don’t tell me.

Melt into the garden. Green across the whole sky. Hold me but don’t touch me.

Towels on the line; what if one day they stop hanging on? Tumbling through the sky and I wish that I could come along. But I’m too heavy and I’m not ready to just float. I’m too heavy and I’m not ready.

 

Roll me down the incline. Uphill takes too much time. Everything I look up to looks down on me.

Show me where you’re going. Stop the sun exploding. But it’s too late and it wouldn’t help anyway.

Something just shifted; the wind just spinning on its back. Somewhere I’m lifting; my body disappearing in the light. And I’m not heavy; my heart is resting after all this time. After all this time. After all this time.

Invisible ink

INVISIBLE INK (E A D G B E)

 

They came to me in my dreams just to let me know. Like crosses on trees by the side of the road.

I wandered out in silence through a crack in the night. I wondered if they might find us out here.

Now the morning is written in invisible ink. And you’re the only one with that weird little pen. The sky is clear but not as clear as you’d think.

 

I put my fingers in the dirt and dug until it got warm. I listened until I learned. I knew it all before it stormed.

I buried myself in the leaves and promised myself I wouldn’t. I told myself I could climb that tree but knew I couldn’t.

Now the morning is written in invisible ink. And there’s nothing to see here. But these marks on my chest look like your fingerprints.

The morning is written in invisible ink and you’re the only with that weird little pen. The sky is clear but not as clear you’d think. I’m just waiting for that light to shine again.

Your heart means well

YOUR HEART MEANS WELL (E A D G B E)

 

Your heart means well but it’s in the wrong place. You’re trying to sell what you cannot replace. I can tell by the look on your face. Your heart means well but it’s in the wrong place.

 

The time is right but we’re not ready. The sky is light but I’m too heavy. I’ll leave tonight if you tell me. The time is right but we’re not ready.

 

Your words are true but they cut like razorblades. Spinning round the room killing everything in their way. The sky is blue but I’m not going outside today.

 

And I know that sometimes you have to do the wrong thing to know what’s right.

So, speak now or take a load off. Speak now or just go back to sleep. Speak now or forever hold your grief.

 

Your heart means well but it’s in the wrong place.

They didn't want you to know

THEY DIDN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW (E A D G B E)

You're so lucky

YOU’RE SO LUCKY (E A D G B E)

 

You’re so lucky that you’re not worried but I’m not. So, I’ll move through it and hope I make it.

You’re so lucky that you’re so sunny. But I find it hard to see that light. Sometimes it’s so bright I get lost in the dark.

 

Coming in, going out. The sun rings like a clock on the hour.

As the shade crawls along the walls of your house an echo trickles out your mouth: the only way to get in is to let yourself out.

 

You’re so lucky that you’re untouchable. How does it feel?

I’ve been talking to myself so long I’m not sure I’m real.

 

Sleepy day, sunny sky. Peg me up. Let me hang on the line.

The moon lingers but it’s not unwelcome. I’m being fixed but I’m not broken.

The truest words are never spoken.

 

You’re so lucky. It’s kind of funny. How you’re so lucky. Don’t be worried.

Darg my tail / Thank you, ladybug

DRAG MY TAIL / THANK YOU, LADYBUG (D G D F# A E)

 

Drag my tail in the mud. Let me swim in the flood.

Through the fence I heard them say my name.

 

Drag my tail down the street. Let me walk on my own feet.

Were they calling me? I can’t be sure.

 

Drag my tail through the sky. Let me fall and not know why.

They said Hello and I said Hello back.

 

And from over the fence it fell in my lap.

 

Drag my tail into the flames. Through the coals and on my way.

Thank you, ladybug, but I’m already lucky.

I’m already lucky.

The flowers smell themselves

THE FLOWERS SMELL THEMSELVES (D A D G B E)

 

Watching the jasmine run up the trees.

Looking for the cup in the cupboard. It’s right in front of me.

Putting my books on a plate because the grass is wet.

Telling myself it’s alright because I always forget.

 

It remains unknown and I will never get there.

There is nothing to do but my best.

Up to nothing. I feel it coming.

 

Sitting in the sun with my shirt off. What do I know?

Now is not the right time. What do I know?

Up to nothing

UP TO NOTHING (D A D G B E)

 

Power cable. Blinking blue light. Two long lost friends find each other again.

After all this time. Before things implode. Interrupting life. During the commercial break.

 

Can it be true? Memory disintegrates. Up to nothing but good for everything else.

Else. Else. Else.

Let it come to me

LET IT COME TO ME (E A C# F# B E)

 

Warm not hot.

Leaving not lost.

 

Death after life.

Shadow after bight.

 

Like a bug to the light.

Like a bird to the tree.

 

Let me find it.

Let it come to me.

Whatever path I go down is the right one

WHATEVER PATH I GO DOWN IS THE RIGHT ONE (E A C# F# B E)

 

Every path makes its way. Reaching out. And I make mine.

Been stepped on. Been kicked out. Been growing in.

Sweeping up what they left behind. Gathering wood for the fire.

Trusting that whatever path I go down is the right one.

Is the right one. Is the right one.

Is the right one. Is the right one. Is the right one.

 

Trusting that whatever path I go down is the right one. Is the right one.

Is the right one. Is the right one.