I Swallowed a Stone

I swallowed a stone

I drowned my darlings

And I stepped to the road

And the night crashed down

Like a cold blue wave

Hedgerows

Shooting stars

Like tracer fire

And the sea

Was the roar of an engine

I can’t live with this feeling anymore

(I can’t live)

I was tumbling

I blew past everyone

I came to rest

In a town

Where no one knew anything

And the kettle boiled forever

I can’t live

I can’t live in this feeling anymore

One day

I brushed against a woman

I apologized

She looked at me

A wary smile

“You remind me of my sister”

She slipped her arms around my waist

Pressed her face

Against my forehead

“You can’t live”

“You can’t live in this feeling anymore”