Outside Your Window

Outside your window is nothing but night

Night pushing in like the sea

Something inside you feels open and bright

Facing such infinite heath

You must go

You must go

But then it calls you back again

This world inhabited by men

This world of button bulbs

Shirttails, and Sunday shoes

The smell of coffee on the air

And someone pausing on the stair

As if she couldn't bear

To know what she knows you'll choose

You must go

Outside your window, the road leads away

Uneven, lit by a star

Something inside you is yearning to stay

Safe in the light where you are

Even so

You must go

But then it calls you back once more

This world of solid walls and floor

This world of razorblades

Collars, and stubborn ties

The dishes taken from a shelf

And someone's humming to herself

As if she's trying to pretend not to realize

You must go

Something in your heart that can't be spoken

Something in your soul you cannot name

Something like a horse that can't be broken

Or a thirst you cannot tame

And yet it always holds you here

This world of ones you hold so dear

This world of scrambled eggs

Children, and common thread

But now and then you feel the war

The needing lesson, wanting more

Some combination of what's lost and what lies ahead

You must go

Outside your window, there's wind in the trees

Inside, the warmth of a bed

Something they tell you at moments like these

Runs like a song through your head

Not a prayer

No

More like rhyme

Everybody's got to go

Sometime