Hobo Bed Lyrics

Fell asleep on a hobo bed

Dreamed of a titan armed with feathers

He wrapped himself around me

Whispered softly in my ear

All these lives are brief paragraphs

To be read once then forgotten

I fell in love with a butterfly

Brittle wings grazed me gliding by

A moment later it had to die

Freed from waking

Freed from concern

Moment of death to the day you were born

Sleeping, keeping cold at bay

Huddle closer, float away

I was submerged in fields that bled

Tears and laughter merging in red

My skin was crinkled

I was soaking wet

All the water was draining out

I tried to drink but couldn't swallow

Heard the heartbeat and I felt it slow

My parents were alive

I remained a child

Sleeping on a hobo bed

Beetles crawl over my head