Echoes

Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves in labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant tide
Comes willowing across the sand
And everything is green and submarine
And no one showed us to the land
And no one knows the wheres or whys
But something stirs and
Something tries
And starts to climb towards the light
Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me
And do I take you by the hand
And lead you through the land
And help me understand the best I can
And no one calls us to the land
And no one crosses there alive
And no one speaks
And no one tries
And no one flies around the sun
And now this is the day you fall
Upon my waking eyes
Inviting and inciting me to rise
And through the window in the wall
Comes streamin in on sunlight wings
A million bright ambassadors of morning
And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky.

DOGS

You gotta be crazy, you gotta have a real need
           
You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street
                                                    
You gotta be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed

And then moving in silently, down wind and out of sight

You gotta strike when the moment is right without thinking


And after a while, you can work on points for style
         
Like the club tie, and the firm handshake

A certain look in the eye, and an easy smile
   
You have to be trusted by the people that you lie to
        
So that when they turn their backs on you
                                
You'll get the chance to put the knife in

   
You gotta keep one eye looking over your shoulder
                
You know it's going to get harder, harder, and harder as you get older
              
Yeah, and in the end you'll pack, fly down south, hide your head in the sand

Just another sad old man all alone and dying of cancer ah ah

And when you loose control,   you'll reap the harvest that you've sown

And as the fear grows,the bad blood slows and turns to stone

And it's too late to loose the weight you used to need to throw around
          
So have a good drown, as you go down alone
 
Dragged down by the stone stone stone stone stone stone stone...


  
I gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused

Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used

Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise
    
If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this maze?


Deaf, dumb, and blind, you just keep on pretending
    
That everyone's expendable and no-one had a real friend
       
And it seems to you the thing to do would be to isolate the winner
                                    
Everything's done under the sun, and you believe at heart, everyone's a killer

     
Who was born in a house full of pain
Who was trained not to spit in the fan
Who was told what to do by the man
Who was broken by trained personnel
Who was fitted with collar and chain
Who was given a seat in the stand
Who was breaking away from the pack
Who was only a stranger at home
Who was ground down in the end
Who was found dead on the phone
      Who was dragged down by the stone
        Who was dragged down by the stone