Mewithoutyou - Paper Hanger Lyrics
Not one motion her gesture could I forgetThe pretties bag lady I ever metPushing her cart in the rain!Then, gathering plastic and glassShe watched the day passNot hour by hour but pain by pain.I was a basket filled with holesAnd she was the sand I tried to holdThat ran out behind meAs I swung at some invisible hand.I was dead, then aliveShe was like wine turned to water then turnedback to wineYou can pour us out- we won't mindAs stratched around the mouth of the glass:"my life is no longer mine."If your still looking a blnket, sweetie,I'm sorry I'm no sort of fabric.But if you need a tailorTake your torne shirtStumble up my stairs andmumble your pitiful prayersAnd in your tangled knoted sleepOur midnight needles go to workUntil all comfort and fear flows in one riverDown in the shop by the mirror where yousee yourself whole- and it makes you shiver.I was dead, then aliveShe was like wine turned to water then turnedback to wineYou can pour us out- we won't mindAs stratched around the mouth of the glass:"my life is no longer mine."Even the wind lay stillOur essence was fire and cold and movement;And if they ask us for the sign of theFather in youTell them: movement and repose.
