Mary Sleeps

from Take it Away by Oh Cliff Jumper

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Things you thought ought to be in fact were not to be
when the answer begged the question that meant so much to me
How is all of this connected? Where do these lines intersect?
Are my points across the map close-knit or disparate?
& I think of all the reasons why I'm traveling through space
Why I search for all my meaning in another lover's face
In the freckles & the fractals that will bear their shine on me
in the crevices, the corridors, in the places I will be
& I wanna know the why, I wanna know the who
Who has made me who I am today? Who's done the same to you?
Who is lurking in the shadows? Who has been pulling all the strings?
Who gave the demons their horns? Who took my angel's wings?
& Mary sings in her sleep "I'm not wakin' up this time"
She's in a dream in which her son had never died
She holds him close with his head against her chest
They stay that way until there's no way left
& Mary sings in her sleep "I can't take this anymore"
She's upside-down, lying naked on the floor
& all she can do now is to try to keep her world from falling down
& lost love sleeps in my dreams, she's not waken' up this time
She took the pill and her insides will unwind
& all I can do now is to try to keep this world from falling down
That is all I do now

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from Take it Away, released October 22, 2012

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