Sleepwalking

When I speak no words come out Or if they trickle they're weak I've tried to write the stories down But my hand locks, oblique I near home while it disappears Like a sunset behind the mount Twilight bears down every year As I wander aimless about Footfalls, morning's squall Slumber still at the rooster's call All my life I've been sleepwalking Hand-me-down, wisdom mocking All my life I've been sleepwalking When I'm at the edge I'll start talking As children we'd skip stones Laughing at our pain Now the gray water stands All rivers flood the same Medicine and poison taste alike Motel service, green light All my life I've been sleepwalking Hand-me-down, wisdom mocking All my life I've been sleepwalking When I'm at the edge I'll start talking Sleepwalking Sleepwalking All my life I've been sleepwalking Hand-me-down, wisdom mocking All my life I've been sleepwalking When I'm at the edge I'll start talking All my life I've been sleepwalking Hand-me-down, wisdom mocking All my life I've been sleepwalking When I'm at the edge I'll start talking