Water Wings

You keep me watered
Just keep me watered til you're gone
I'm still around
I just don't know for how long
I get it
Really I do
I understand you
Have some doubts about me

How tight can I ask to be held
Why is there no tension in my rope

When you get home
When you get home
When you get home
When you get home
When... you... get...

...

[verse: fig]
You keep me watered
Keep me like a well-worn stone
I've never let my animations be shown
I hid in church pews and classrooms
Reading books to hope my body learns
The things my mind already knows
I can't get these limbs to grow

I can feel the hint of something
Terracota past my toes

I am watching it pass by
The gray fog tearing up the sky
Duplicitous and volatile
Numinous and numerous
Our lives
Our debilitating lows and subtle highs
Why, why

...

You keep me watered
Just keep me watered til I die
I won't be bothered
When you forget me, I'll get dry
Oh, I'll be crushed
But really I'll know
That this body is not really home
I'm just a visitor here

I am on the cusp of something
Tearing at the fabric of it all

When you get home
When you get home
When you get home
When you get home