After the loss of my son
(2006)
I Can’t see a way into this box There is no lock, and no top. No door, no open side, There really is nowhere to hide. But I’m just knocking on this box…
Behind the face, the clown Therein lies a broken heart The mask portrays better days But life for him was down Inside every clown
Sunlight breaks in the dead of nig… Do not stand in the shadow of frig… That day is over it cannot come ri… But stay it does within you’re sig… The edge of the room is dressed in…
…And every country upon a sphere d… And this vision to my mind did bri… A series of dreams that link to sh… The grand sight of life’s wide pla… And above this scene of wide embra…
Yes, dark is this night, and the c… The movement of the planet sees to… As around the sun we travel in une… A system in which we are just a ti… The sun blazing in its place
Here I am in the park asleep, Dreaming of things that might have… Down am I, and passers peep, And maybe wonder what things I’ve… Sleeping in an old jaguar car,
A pale moon is falling, The spirit of the lake is calling, Silent clouds drift way above, Is this the day I lose my love? The dimming light of evening skies…
I see you’ve got a brand new Cadi… Yes I see you’ve got a brand new… How is it that you can afford some… That brand new Cadillac car How does if feel to drive in a car…
Once more the sky is crying And It’s raining in my heart I wanted it to be that we were nev… But its still raining in my heart Those sunny days of yesterday
I never used to get so worried I could always get through life No matter what was in my path. But the winds of change Have touched my veins
Belief is his, as he walks the str… With more than enough dread in his… Far away in his mind, a place to g… Do others see him, can they know? Like a river this flow in his head…
Its so long ago now, my memory of… The air was cold; the mist was lyi… And then there stood before me, wi… And man in chains, weeping and bro… At first I feared this ghostly si…
A roadside post with bouquet of fl… The message is clear, a life lost… That moment only known to one, That day, that hour, when the dark… Days gone by and the dust is flyin…
Some days go by in quiet grace When convention states another pla… Should be encountered in your eye This time left to you has passed b… Convention states the play of days
They were playing tricks on me, an… But I just stood there trying to… When out in the street the lights… But the old radio still played, so… The house is now empty and they’ve…