Tamed/What Do You Know Lyrics

It feels like it's been forever

It hasn't been long at all

And despite genuine efforts

We have gotten nothing done

The bolts have all gone rusty

They came loose during the fall

Now I cannot take them out

Or tighten them at all

We are running out of water

Please accept the last of it

I'd rather you survive

And I die swallowing my spit

"But sir, you are too hasty

I have questions yet for you

Can't you see that you have tamed me

And our hope may yet be true?"

I could kiss the clouds

For bringing us shade

Some respite from the heat

This momentum shift seems

Insurmountable

Like quitting might be worth it now

I carried your body

For days and days

I hoped to quench your thirst

But for all the ground we covered

The cause was all but lost

You consistently insisted it was not

Just when I could not stand

Another moment more

It appeared before us there

With pulley, rope, and pail

The way the water danced

Was impossible to take for granted

Where are you from?

What do you know that I don't?

Where did you learn it?

And what is your heart made of

To keep such perfect secrets hid?