Wounded Creature, Reaching Lyrics

In the grandeur of this reverie, the failings of my memory

The midnight crawl to kitchen sink, you're deep inside the mirror

I look over as the night sets in

A catatonic cry for living life like someone handed me

The catalog for giving in

In the comfort of the muse's wing, a mother's child means everything

The wound is licked and sterilized; the doctor goes home for the night

He comes to call in loneliness, "I'll fix you up," he promises

But he's a human like the one who left me in a state as this

You know I know you never meant to hurt me

You know I know you never meant to hurt me

And I know you know that love is not a word, it's a bird

It's a wounded creature reaching, it's a universe

I report now beyond all remorse; that heavy, creaking wooden door

Is closed until it's open; I am bored and so I let you in

But you means something different now

It's foreign to me, mortal even

Heavy focus leaning beaming onto how life's been without you in it

You know I know you never meant to hurt me

You know I know you never meant to hurt me

And I know you know that love is not a word, it's a bird

It's a wounded creature reaching, it's a universe

Dawn is just a crack, you're just a wrinkle in the fabric of my thinking

I see sparkling images far out at sea, I wave to them

And I salute you my old friend; i recognize the why's of it

But because still confuses me, there is no valid reasoning

You know I know you never meant to hurt me

You know I know you never meant to hurt me

And I know you know that love is not a word, it's a bird

It's a wounded creature reaching, it's a universe

But there is no sand, there is no beach; the pavement is not listening

Your meaning is beyond my reach; we'll call it well now each to each