Ice Plants

Call it a wrap He takes it to bed And the spark of a lighter illuminates Shadows of what's in his head Go ahead into another night The porch light's out And the door's locked up And the keys sing a name beside an empty cup Don't wait up, don't wait up Cause how far is fallen When something is calling She's calling to me I'm called out to see That I'll look out for myself When I dance 'round these ice plant shelves It's coming back, in a moment it's gone I always loved these days like they were my last ones She takes 10 paces 'round a widow's walk While somewhere, the horizon, a boy is yearning to turn back the clock You black out again, see they're not for you Internalize never returning again when a stowaway Finds himself lost on the open blue Cause how far is fallen When something is calling She's calling to me I'm called out to see Well I'll look out for myself When I dance 'round these ice plant shelves It's coming back, in a moment it's gone I always loved these days like they were my last ones Fear to wait for it so long And so long to all of the weight and the sinking And all that your thinking could hold You're falling, falling 'Till your mind hits the shore