Unraveling--Deb Talan
Written @ 8:02 p.m. on 2006-03-06
You tie your shoes too tight, you know,
Cause it feels better that way
And when you don�t
All night
You are dreaming
You walk, laces streaming
Down the street behind you
A river of tangled string
You are unraveling
And no one else seems to mind
Keep it to yourself, stay numb and act fine
You wear the truth under your sole, like a pebble
It makes you limp and sway
But it will out someday
And take it from me, it is no use
Washing your hands so often,
They are clean and cracked
You never get your old skin back,
Once you have loved like that
You�re a river of tangled string
You are unraveling
And no one else seems to mind
Keep it to yourself, shake him off and act fine
You wear your shame under your sole, like a pebble,
It makes you limp and sway
But it will out someday
He is inside you
He loved your marrow
You think you could cut him out
With a knife
If you went deep enough,
I don�t think so
Maybe sing him back to living
Cause he might rise like a snake in the basket
Or he may close his eyes, and wait till his life is a full fledged casket
Floating on
A river of tangled string
You are unraveling
And no one else seems to mind
Keep it to yourself, stay numb and act fine,
You wear the truth under your sole like a pebble,
It makes you limp and sway,
But it�ll out someday, someday, someday
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