Eye to eye
The mystery’s inside
She drives the wind
She drives the tide
She knows the waves
That form every grain of sand
She knows the peace
That graces every land
But notes are fading
These eyes soon to cry
There’s a rumble in the distance
There’s a cloud in the sky
These colors are paling
These rivers are dry
Day turns into nightfall
She’s dying to hide

Shoots from the hip
Making her own plan
Slept in the streets
Told to walk and she ran
She plays by the rules
Knows what they might be worth
Brings a plate for the poor
A bottle for thirst
But these skyways are bending
From the trouble of it all
The last fair light a’gleaming
It wasn’t what she saw
These bridges are failing
These stones soon to fall
Healers and helpers
All deaf to her call

She’s getting cold
She doesn’t care
It may get better
It may be fine
But not this year
No, not this year

Promises are broken
The bellwether trips
Pieces don’t match up
No direction, nothing fits
Getting tired of the game
Never thought that she would
Never thought she could by
The wayside for good
But these views are better shaded
Her brothers burned for less
The truth looms uninvited
She tries to save her breath
The creed must be mistaken
She’s acquiesced too long
Dignity’s forsaken
She’s witness to it all

She’s lost her soul
She disappears
It may get better
It may be fine
But not this year
No, not this year

Running down the hours
Touching fire that’s turned to fear
The cards were drawn long ago
Guided by the night
Stars all fall away
Tomorrow’s clear
Today remains unknown

The judges rale
The rage sets in
Pain remains the rule
But then
Never thought she’d see
  this world again

Justice in the name of god
Rotting like a swollen log
Never thought she’d see
  this world again

Playing by the rules
Breaking her own plan
Never thought she’d
  make it to the end
Sleeping in the streets
Waking in a broken land
It all might turn out fine
But then again