Songs from the Puddin' and Savanna Roots projects.
Lyrics
Running full speed straight ahead with your eyes closed
No rest from unrelenting dreams
From the distance, sudden attraction means we’re running out of stairs
Our legs were trembling from the climb
Slow down
We’re nowhere
How did you expect to be?
How do you expect to see when your eyes are smoking?
There’s no out
We need to find the fire exit
Cellophane-wrapping our present
To save us for a later time
Many kinds of familiar traits to choose from
As if the heart can beat without my drum
And it’s absolute, waiting’s always better when you find a chaperon
Until you raise your head and catch my dedicated stare
Slow down
We’re nowhere
How did you expect to be?
How do you expect to see when your eyes are smoking?
There’s no out
We need to find the fire exit
Cellophane-wrapping our present
To save us for a later time
Mountains stumble over border fences
Reconstructed from the oak and pine
The siren nears, she turns to face us
She screams a lullaby
Slow down
We’re nowhere
How did you expect to be?
How do you expect to see when your eyes are smoking?
There’s no out
We need to find the fire exit
Cellophane-wrapping our present
To save us for a later time
Great song, Stephen.