Ave Atque Vale Lyrics

I made friends with a couple of sparrows, sang them my last rites while they chewed on my marrow

(While I was trying to leave I got bit by the feeling of having left something behind)

Would I be laid down in rose, rue or laurel, ruminating, chewing on bright blankets of soil?

(While I'm trying to sleep, I get behind on my speech, stuck turning phrases into rhymes)

The daylight falls short, my bygones disturb me no more

By the time the last call's given a chance

I'm already echoing down the hall with circumstance, dancing

(Hidden in the harvest of intelligent design was an easy target, and now I know you're mine)

I got caught throwing the latest shapes with a couple of robins who had some time to waste

(While lost in years, between fits of fear, the swell I'd built up in my chest disappeared)

Lying in a cigar box covered in licorice, will my memories cover me in a bright blanket of mist?

(While I'm asleep, these dreams may creep into the corners like soft waves of ocean)

Winding in the wake, forgiven for forgiveness' sake

It's there you go again, over the edge of where they say, "nothing is freedom"

Guiding you gently from yourself, away dancing

When the day doesn't drop, but it pours

Out of the mystic and through the open door

I'll remember the touch of your hand

And smile upon where you stand

Until the curtain call, we have each other, that's all

(Hidden in the harvest of intelligent design was an easy target, and now I know you're mine)