Don't Let Down

I remember when I was three Gazing up at your face You smiled down with our father's eyes You were an angel against the sky Or so it is in my memory Locked away in a timeless haze There are images that still leave me reeling Old tapestries, old peoples' faces So don't let down, don't let down The vision that you're seeing Don't let down, don't let down The half of you that I can see I found out that the world is contractually Obligated to tell you a story But it's a just a book of flies That buzz around all your webs of lies And I see the brain cells that I've spent Pretending to know where I went It's only a testament To what it feels like on the descent