Hey Rosetta!

I've been asleep for a long, long time
Blond hair to brown and then brown to white
My ma is buried beside my dad
But I was asleep for all of that
I sh...

Are you a wolf,
Warm in your pinstripes?
Is your pen a bootknife,
Drawing red and dollar green?
(two colours for everything)
Look how the teeth gnash
...

I  was starved
White desert ground
I  was dry
A hungry child
I lived my life  dotted 'i's
Knotted fingers toed the line
I lived my life  dotted 'i's
T...

You bright sun
You darkest dirt
Hardest paradox i ever learned
You're tireless
And i tire quick
It's the easy death of reason within my chest
You brig...

Were you born in water,
A fish so cold?
Were you born in autumn,
As the river froze?
Cause you shut up
And you're shut in
And I know that
You've got y...

I raised my head from the riverbed and i tasted the air
I built my home of oak and stone and i feasted on the animals and earth
I raised my kids in mo...

Holy Shit
What a relief
I pulled myself apart - couldn't breathe - tore my hair - bit my skin
I thought of all the dark - all the ash - all the blood ...

Everyone around wants to give you their thanks
Everyone around wants to give you their hands
We want to thank you so much! we want to thank you so muc...

But often it happens you know
That the things you don't trust are the ones you need most
So it's cautiously into the dark
But you see before long that...

Lend me your walking stick
And I lean on it
And I walk on out through the snow bound yard
Past the neighbours on the lawn
Drinking last year out
I lea...