Glass Harmonica - Arms

In the cold light of dawn

Awoke in an empty room

When everything found was lost

Like a loose tooth, like a teaspoon

Someone stole all the clocks

Now we can’t tell the time

I noticed you staring up

At the night sky, at the night

But all i see is strange

As night dissolves into day

And the curtain falls

On the primal scene

And all you feel is breath

Playing scales on your neck

For a crooked song

In a minor key

Wait at the winter’s edge

Where we’ll meet again

And we’ll see our old lies come true

Fingers on fragile tines

Till we lose our minds

And you break the bonds that keep you in line

Someone excites your nerves

Defuses your every mines

Someone’s been throwing rocks

At the beehive, at the beehive

Someone tampered with our brakes

Someone glued up the locks

We were weaving in and out of lanes

Coming full stop

On the blacktop

When the pressure dropped

Someone broke all the beds

Now we don’t need to rest

Our glowing bodies never sleep

And we can’t leave this mess

And all we do is stand

With buried heads in the sand

Cuz the day is long, and the light recedes

And all i ask is please

Be strong and right, Emily

And I’ll play along, long as you need

Wait at the winter’s edge

And you’ll understand

There’s a freezing soul who needs you

Sing me a slow sad song

Till my hearing’s gone

And you break the ties that lead you

Screaming i had no choice

Till i lose my voice

And the sound of thunder bleeds through the noise