The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace

There's a fire burning

And I'm learning to be

So much more than my tiredness

So much more than that old witch sleep wishes

She kisses my eyelids

And I breathe

"You don't have to be brilliant"

She says as she scrolls

Through the roles that the millions

Of hollering hollow folk know how to play

It's okay

They're just shadows searching for light

They can't stay

"Sleep now", oh, she says

"Tomorrow's jokes have yet to be laughed at or said

Just rest now", she moans

Then the hollow folk come

Pour me wine by my bed

And their dead hollers hum at the things that I've said

And say no, no, no, no

'Cause you are in the earth of me

You are in the earth of me

My head's not yours, it's mine

'Cause you are in the earth of me

Somehow now I'm drinking

And I'm lifting my glass

To that last good man grace

Who has left me, he's left me at last

And I laugh, and I laugh

'Cause laughing right now, it's all, it's all that I have

"You're better than this"

He says as a hand slaps my face and I stand

And say no good man grace

I can't do this (You can)

I can't do this (You can)

I can't do this (You can)

I can't do this you don't understand

"Oh sleep now", oh, she pleads

You're not a coward 'cause you cower

You're brave because they broke you

Yet broken still you breathe

So breathe, breathe just breathe

Then the hollow folk pour me

Another shard full of glass

And I toast to their talents

And I forgive them at last

'Cause I know, oh I know, I know

That you are in the earth of me

You are in the earth of me

My head's not yours, it's mine

And I'll take my fucking time

'Cause I know, I know, I know

Let's bury this

I'm all yours

But you're all mine

Let's dance together

You and I

'Cause I'm not trapped

With you, you see

You're the one who's

Trapped with me

'Cause I've been here so many times before

Don't you think I look pretty

Curled up on this bathroom floor

But where you see weakness I see wit

Sometimes I fall to pieces

Just to see what bits of me don't fit

'Cause when I stand, oh all those folks will run

And tell the tales of what I've become

They'll speak of me in whispered tones

And say my name like it shakes their bones

'Cause we'll dance together so close we're sharing breath

But now I'm leading, doesn't that just scare you to death

'Cause I'm all yours

You're all mine

Let's dance together

You and I

'Cause I'm not trapped oh

With you you see

You're the one who's

Trapped with me oh oh

Oh

Oh-oh

'Cause you are in the earth of me

You are in the earth of me

My head's not yours, it's mine

And I'll take my fucking time

'Cause I know, I know, I know