Long May I Sleep
I can’t believe myself
How could I believe someone else?
I can’t afford the shoes I wear
I bought them back before when I had cash to spare
Long may I wear them
I want the life I have to finally dig its grave
I want to lose the battle with the world I crave
Let me walk and think a while
And I’ll find and doubt the truth in every song I write
Long may I write
Now I see the way that all things come
Not a bite of food will ever touch my tongue
If it isn’t in the will of my beloved one
And truly I say, he watches every crumb
And low he hides all the things I want to bite
A handful at a time I take the things I see
Try to write them down and take them back with me
I wrestle, but the words don’t sound the way they read
It’s like trying to pull my childhood from out a dream
Long may I sleep