Palisades

People say

You’ll know when you get there

You gotta learn how to lead

Or cover your tracks

And the space I’m in

Im leaving light on

So if I loose myself I can get myself back

I found nirvana in the windshield

Till the defrost broke

How the hell are those dakotas

Do all the preachers smoke

Even the young ones

Who already know

You move up, you move out or you move on

I’ve had some violent wins for a saltwater saint

And I’ve been carried by friends

Who gave all I could take

But the few who never feared me felt the sharpest stake

I never saw them agiain

For all the bright blue eyes against the howling wind

cast a shadow on the showcase

Manic mannequin

Or the shaking teeth who try to say something

I didn’t suffer

I didn’t see you

It’s like my mind when grey

they called upon parliament

For the palisades

To be put around the city

From which you walked away

Perhaps I’ll see you on another day

Perhaps I’ll settle for a lonely place

Or wear reality like wedding lace

I found nirvana in the windshield

Till the defrost broke

How the hell are those dakotas

Do all the preachers smoke

Even the young ones

Who already know

You move up you move out you move on

You move up you move out you move on