Coral

Beneath the waves, the waves you watched me
You watched for days, for days you watched me
You slid the sand, the sand around me
You drew your hand, your hand around me
We went too far, too far to come back
We left too far, too far to come back
You are the peace, the peace within me
Coral I am shell and you're here within me.

Origin

It spirals down, and around, and down, and around
And I watch it flow for about an hour
Down, around it goes, drip, drip, drip
It's a lovely sound I think, to hear
Your own life dripping away.

The water's warm here, as warm as blood
And I feel I can relax. Down, around, I am entombed
In water. Enwombed in silence.
Drip, drip, drip. The sound of yesterday
Spilling from me, the sound of tomorrow
Leaving.

It spirals down, and around, and down, and around
All day. Until it slows, I'll keep on
Sitting here, just watching it
As it clouds the water. Taking me
From here to another place, from here
To an opportunity of something else.

Walking Past

Keep on walking, go on
Just keep on walking, don't slow
To pick me up or look into my eyes
There is something there. You're surprised
But it's always been there. you just
Never looked before. All I want from you
Is the reason that you don't do more
And don't look down
When you lie to my face as you walk through my town
(And it is mine you see
I can sleep when I like
And I stay up all night. I'm the theif in your house
And I don't want to end
This particular spree until
You know a little of what it's like to be me).

I was once a rich man with a family and
I had friends, once, too, I remember them now
And my life took a turn for the worst? Don't believe
What they tell you about me. I'm made for the street
I won't keep on my feet
Keep on walking around like
Every other idiot in town. I don't talk on the phone
And I eat what I like
All you've forgotten about being alive
Is presented in me, yet I sit on the street
And to you that's enough
I am not nice to enough
To inhabit your world. It's OK, I don't need
To rely to exist.
Independence is bliss.

Keep on walking, go on
Just keep on walking, don't slow
To pick me up or look into my eyes
There is something there.

Sunshine on Trees

The sun is out again, though the leaves
Have fallen down. A pity
They waited for it so long
All summer, and now the winter's here
And it's shining.

The clouds that move in
The sky, still moving though
The world is walking by, so beautiful
I can't begin to understand
How people don't look up sometimes.

The weather's a body clock, the planet
Telling me when to stop, but today
I'll go.