Harriet

Through the hem of the evening

Into the flesh of the night

You step out to receive them

In the bruising light

You leave your bed of novels

You leave your hoverin' crown

You leave your wit and your mettle

And you come down

But it's only a minute then

Till the hole in the canvas spreads

And it grows till there's nothing left

So, if you even remember

Me after all that will come

Think of all I intended

Not what I've done

See me like an arrow

Still upon the bow

Set to the heart of the target

Hanging bright above, oh

But it's only a minute then

Till the shot is released and sent

And lost to the shiftin' wind, wind

Oh, they don't know you

Not like I do, not like us, Harriet

But they would love you

Just like I do, if they could, Harriet

'Cause what you are, and what you want

Are so far apart, and they're travelling on

Oh, what you are is staggering drunk

But I'll pick you up and I'll carry you off

They don't know you

Not like I know you, not like us, Harriet

But they would love you

Just like I love you, if they could, Harriet

Oh, Harriet

Oh, Harriet

Harriet

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