There is something else
there beneath it all
the sweet feeling that you could
just let it all go after all
that the ride won't always kill you
how it can be a joy to be taken for one
thing and made into another
by the very experience of pain
we are opened by things
we don't see coming
people, seasons of grief
of grudge and hard-in-the-hollow
then the sweet drink of night
big ole gulp of mercy
do you know that it can be ok sometimes
even if it ain't
that if you stay with a thing long enough
it becomes something else
I wanna tell you we're like that too
rough rubbed smooth in the cold water
the best thing to do when you're angry
is to take off your shoes and put your feet in the dirt
feel the hurt
let something else speak through it
for once
listen in
don't cash your life in early
stick around a while and be amazed
by it
of all the ways it could go
that it goes like this..