Waterwheel - Aloha

Four years and I’m bottoming out

first came the flood, now there’s a drought

48 degrees, no spring and no freeze

the water won’t run if you don’t hurry back to me

Two hands on the waterwheel

the cold creek runs through everyone from here

you may find another side but i

liked it more when you were alive

Four years and I’m hollowing out

survivor guilt and ordinary doubts

48 degrees, no spring and no freeze

the water won’t run if you don’t hurry back to me

Two hands on on the waterwheel

the cold creek runs through everyone from here

Don’t lie to me, I’ve had those dreams

one tunnel leads to another

Don’t lie to me, I’ve had those dreams

you go, I won’t

The booming voice reverberates

from the bench the stained glass

tiny plastic keys at his fingertips

as they murder the hymns

what I didn’t do doesn’t matter now

it’s far beyond repair

I close my eyes

as tight as I can

make it happen to me again

I do it all over again