You keep forgetting the lines
the lines that show
where you were bound
long
ago
animal in the mirror
live out another mise en scene
somebody else's summer
again
animal in the mirror
and stop this pretending
there's plenty of time
all your
happy endings
will they never find
animal in the mirror?
Excited
night
flickering trade
a bag of nerves
on a balustrade
animal in the mirror
slow
dissolve in tears
tears that chart
how we're the same
the same worlds apart
animal
in the mirror
and stop this pretending
there's plenty of time
all your happy
endings
will they never find
animal in the mirror?
Oh Lord I spoke up this
morning
I had nothing to say
above the hum of another
raw and exquisite day
Lord I
broke up this morning
I rose in pieces and dreams
I was running late and scared
in
Paris
in springtime
and fog juice streams
Forget your lines
the lines that
show
where you were bound
long ago
animal in the mirror
slow dissolve
in tears
that chart
how we're the same
the same worlds apart
animal in the mirror
after a
fashion
after a fall
after reality
after all
animal in the mirror
stop this
pretending
there's plenty of time
all your happy endings
will they never find
animal
in the mirror?
