Autumn Song

Are you weathered like me? You feel rough like a tree that fades the pure and green But I've eroded, you see For I am like the leaves That browned when you were done with me Although I'm dead and dried I will come back in the spring I need a little time To heal for a while I've met with winter and I've bathed in her blues Your arms have grown bare And I've fallen from you Are you shattered like me? Cause my heart only creaks When it has something to say And are you listening to me? Cause I've uttered on repeat That blunt, honest speech I freely gave But although the tightrope's tired It sustains you and me A telephone line Used infrequently Although I've bit through my tongue vowing to be shrewd I swiftly find your trunk again And stumble back to you You'll take me to the darkest place you hide And I'll bury all the anger for a while Cover me With those pretty words And leave me dead Left to kiss the ground again Although I've run dry, I will harness the tears And water your roots Through the coming years Afraid that I've been dissolving the phantom of youth I've found myself clutching to The fallacy of you