Dead Ships - Canary Bodies

[Part I: Dead Ships]

Dead ship sinking down tonight
Turning over bottles ‘till our souls sleep tight
You tell me your story in aluminum light
As soon as it’s over you apologize

Put me on the list of people who still love you
I’m so glad the waves didn’t pull you down
Like a dead ship sinking in a bottle
Your message washed up on my empty shore
Glistening aluminum blood and gore

A song to close the wound
And a burn to keep it pure
From fire that we feel when we’re through with words
Through forests charred with memories that flake and disperse

Put me on the list of peoplе who still love you
I’m so glad the waves carriеd you to me
Your story washed up on my lonely shore
And each time I read it I love you more and more

[Part II: Canary Bodies]

Our life’s a lie
Our light is made up in mines
We dynamite through time
Beyond our sight tied to a shaking frail cry
Pulled from its mom and thrown down hill
And rolling down

Our life’s a lie
We slip and wonder why
Our suffering is question shaped
And curves up and out beyond
Canary bodies and caged muscles
Dream of flight we never leave behind
Behind

And when we go we listen up
And what we hear doesn’t sound like much

Why not?
Why, why, why, why, not?
It could happen to anyone, so why not?
It happens all the time
All around
Anywhere you go

Waiting 'round for something more
But what if this is all there is
Saying that just sounds as wrong
As how things are is how they’ve been

Suffered so much in my life
From simulations in my head
Waiting for the fatal dive
That never happens in the end
So

Our life’s a lie
Our light is made up in mines
We dynamite through time
Beyond our sight tied to a shaking frail cry
Pulled from its mom and thrown down hill
And rolling down

Our life’s a lie
We slip and wonder why
Our suffering is question shaped
And curves up and out beyond
Canary bodies and caged muscles
Dream of flight we never leave behind
Behind

And when we go we listen up
And what we hear doesn’t sound like much