I didn't write them...But this is one of the most beautiful, melancholy songs I've ever heard...Everytime I hear it it nearly brings me to tears...Here's the lyrics:
Flash Cards ----------- Bouncing across the lake of ten years Like a stone tossed from the burglar's hand Holding my breath, then I'm sinking Waves in circle like a memory Slowly fade away
Remember me, when you look across the lake When a fish caught hard on the line Fights for his own life When a boat breaks free of the tether And floats away in the wind
The throw was aimed at a distant pine Winning the war by landing down on the other side So another playing boy might find it there And skip it back not knowing his part In this messed up game
Juggled in the hands of ten long years Like colorful wands of fire in the arms of a red-eyed wino Life held tight in purple lips and tongue That mumble and spit house curses
The young boy's line was "I'll show you" The twenties was "Watch me burn this fire" The thirties was "Jesus, God... where did I go wrong?" The fourties was "Good Lord, how much more?"
Halfway into the end of the chapter And no ink left in the well No happy ending to tell Bandages cover my body No desire to swing the bell.
http://www.kellyjoephelps.com/ Go to discography and then to Sky Like a Broken Clock. THere's some realaudio files you can play there. I think that it's only like aminute long, btu if you like it i can send you a mp3.
What do ya think about these lyrics?
Posted - 01/19/2003 : 10:53:57 PM
