Distant Craigie Dam

from Who Knows How It Happens At All by The Collapse

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from her bed sarah hears him throw a rope over the towing winch
and drag the fence post driver back into the shed
fires up old gus and sneaks out the driveway
she know where he goes every now and then

parks over by craigie dam and turns off the ignition
turns on the radio and chews a plug of copenhagen
from here the city looks like a star that fell across the horizon
doesn’t seem to know, and just keeps on shining

is everything that people feel happening inside that little light
what would happen if that light went out
do they do the things they do every day
it all looks so small from this far away

all it takes is time, for restless minds
all it times is time, to ease those troubled eyes

tries to wash the taste out of his mouth with listerine
crawls into bed and sarah asks him where he’s been
“honey do you think it’s funny we’re trapped in flesh and bone”
she kisses him on the cheek and say baby go to sleep

all it takes is time, for restless minds
all it times is time, to ease those troubled eyes

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from Who Knows How It Happens At All, released March 24, 2016

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