Trinkets

from Older Bones by The Brighter Still

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She says she's had it with believing.
When I speak you don't listen child,
you don't listen child.
Hold out your hands where I can see them.
Where have you been? I would cross those miles,
just to see you smile.

"I can't impress you," I said, from behind the bedroom wall.
"I think we both were dreaming."
Then she stormed out, throwing things and screaming about how I wouldn't just give in.
And couldn't I be a better friend?
And in the silence between the words I heard what we mean:

Take all your trinkets back.
They were here to remind me of you,
now they'll only be filling the room.
If you're certain you know what to do,
and you're telling the truth, then lead on.
If you know, then lead on.

I can't get this out of my head: eyes that glisten blue and red
as she apologizes and then realizes we are not strong enough to bend farther than we can pretend.
And you are always distant; acting so indifferent.

Take all your trinkets back.
They were here to remind me of you,
now they'll only be filling the room.
If you're certain you know what to do,
and you're telling the truth, then lead on.
If you know, then lead on.

This witty little change up off your tongue.
I was waiting for the words that would never come.
Something covered in the dust of older bones.
Unmistakably strong; irreversibly gone.
Beyond all that we try to belong, close your eyes and lead on.
If you know, then lead on.

(c) 2016 Ryan David Orr/Everyone Everywhere Music (ASCAP)

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from Older Bones, released June 8, 2017

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