The Seafarer's Dream

from One Footed Pigeon by Matthew Inkala & the Hostages

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The Seafarer's Dream

I slept reality away last night
Level with my window sill, bathed in fluorescent light
I dreamt we walked alone together with a big ol' smile :)
Holding hands and making plans to fall through space and time together

I want you like the heart has want to be free
You've met a glacier, girl, but you're turning me into the sea
No will of man or devil's axe could slice this love no how
You make it clear I need you dear like every word needs its vowels

Ain't true love a lovely catapult?
A trebuchet for breaking down the cold stone walls
Fortune's flame to light the way through the stark mountain pass
My love is yours so whatever you need all you have to do is ask me

I dreamt the sky it turned to mud so that we could not breathe
You grabbed me by the hand I love and we plunged into the deep blue sea
We drew the frigid saltwater into our virgin lungs
Expecting we'd drown after one last kiss but it all worked out
We were turned into fish by the power of love

This heart was a waiting heart, it's been through many a storm
Like a boat on the sea in the cold hard rain tightly holding a picture of warmth
In the hand that shakes from the whiskey and waves and the resonating thunder
Aching for land in a world of damned weights that try to pull us under

Ain't true love a lovely catapult?
A trebuchet for breaking down the cold stone walls
Fortune's flame to light the way through the stark mountain pass
Where stands my true love and me at last
Where stands my true love along with me at last!

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from One Footed Pigeon, released July 1, 2010

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