Christine Fellows - Vertebrae Lyrics
A photo essay of a family in mourningPerforated ever-so-slightlyto better let the light seep throughSunday traffic clears a pathWe float inches above the roadClose our eyes and drive so slowLike we never need to get homeTo clear the doorstep of flowersThrow open the blinds in his empty roomAvert our eyes from his fingerprintsIs there something I'm forgetting?Fall to my knees in the hospital parking lotOn the way in arms full of branchesI am dead fall, dead fallLast time I came here to visit himI ran sunburnt through the hallsMy arms full of tiger-liliesI don't remember thisI was told to go homeClear the doorstep of flowersThrow open the blinds in his empty roomAvert my eyes from his fingerprintsIs there something I'm forgetting?Why, when you know you should go,is it so hard to leave?Why, when you know you should go,is it so hard to leave?Why, when you know you should go....Came this far to say goodbye to set things rightInstead I fiddle with his blankets fetching coffeeNo one will drinkI am not preparedThrough the hush of debts and the roar of enginesWe'll struggle to recallThis is how it endedThis is how it endsHome,turn the key in the door and pauseFor what seems like an awfully long timeThere's something I'm both remembering and forgettingA name on the tip of my tongueWhy, when you know you should go,is it so hard to leave?Why, when you know you should go,is it so hard to leave?Why, when you know you should go,is it so hard to leave?Why, when you know you should go....
