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Loosen the wire, your time has expired, the only word left is "goodbye." |
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In my new dream the light's shining on me, little needles of sodium unstitch the seams of the sky. |
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Hold your head higher, the heavenly choir is settling in for the night. |
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And where |
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I had friends |
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I am left with loose ends; four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of fright. |
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But enough of "the fight," enough "you and I," enough of "prevail" or "walk in the light." |
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While the angels stand by |
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I get high as a kite. |
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I'm too tired to smile or know that |
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I'm right. |
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Am I right? |
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And all our best-laid plans, they crumbled in our hands. |
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Our flags fell where they'd fanned. |
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You held in your breath, long after projections of death you sat in the waiting room gasping and rasped on dry land. |
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But the audience is tired; "we've had enough fire, we're entering the age now of ice." |
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And I, feeling older, pull off to the shoulder and wonder, with my head in my hands, should |
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I call my wife and say "enough 'you and I,' enough of 'the fight,' enough of 'prevail' or 'walk in the light'?" |
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While the angels stood by |
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I got high as a kite, too tired to smile or know that |
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I'm right. |
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And when the spacecraft came down |
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I was left on the ground. |
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Will you keep me around, will you help me survive after my |
