Night Noises - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Night noises are my noises

And soiled doves are my birds

Lost mornings start my days

And questions rule my words

Shame is in the trunk

It must be somewhere out of sight

And I drink without economy

When I go out into the night

There was a man I looked to

Last I heard he’d sailed away

Made home in south Florida

But I don’t think he’s there today

The only one I’d known who gave me comfort

Awe and fear all at once

While keeping tools of inspiration near

He taught me to make big thoughts small

And stay ruled by human hunger

Weakness we should celebrate

And not let others drive you under

Nobility ain’t much to ask to find coming ever clearer

If a man can keep to task when looking in the mirror