The Festival

I can see your raincoat, bright in the fog
You dance and float like a flame in the dark
But the wind is up

The old house is empty, closed up like the church
All your gold and crystal’s cold and covered in dirt
But isn’t that just how we were

Which is worse, all that we lost
Or all that we had when we did not yet even know what it was?

Are you listening in that kingdom above
Rolling your eyes and clicking your tongue
And saying what have we done
We had only just begun

And which is worse, all that we lost?
Or that we had what we had but did not yet evеn know what it was?
No turn of phrase could get it across
The only answеr remains
It’s never enough

Oh what do you see?
Can you see inside my heart? I
Hope you cannot
The hollow is deep, the canyon dark
No, just see us from above
Haircut in the summer, toque in the fall
And you don’t know nothing under it all
Just see me nod as i walk around the festival