Intertwined Mishaps

Clean and pure like a baby's first breath
Just as innocent as a well intentioned death
I open my hands and throw light in their eyes
Like the light one sees before that one dies
My feet don't move as fast as my head
I race through the blood and bones of those dead
I spread out my arms like wings and try to fly
I just fall from the ledge presumably to die
I open my eyes just in time to see
That it was a dream and I am still me

Sweat beads on the skin of the fruit
Open my lips but the heat made me mute
I climb down the tree with stars in my hands
They burn holes in my flesh, holes in the lands
I run from this forest and out to the sea
Because I know that they are looking for me
I jump on a wave but the tide brings me in
It seems I shall end before I begin

Looking for life inside of a tree
Chop it down with my axe to see what I can see
Rings, rings, all around, all around
With my bare hands I pull the roots from the ground
Shake off the dirt and throw them up in the sky
Since that's where I was told things go when they die

Warm breath, cigarette coffee stale
I hold my breath trying not to inhale
Walk away please, walk away now
I would reject you but I wouldn't know how

Rip open the clouds and toss them aside
They pour down the ashes of stars that have died
They float on down, down to the land
Float on the breeze and into my hand
I sprinkle them into the Earth
Sit and watch the ashy seeds give birth
These sprouts sprout wings and learn to fly
Away back home, back to the sky

I hurt myself so I will not hurt you
I hide behind this mask because I cannot be true
To be true to myself may mean you deny
Me, my dreams, my love so it's easier to lie

Raindrops pour from the sky
Raindrops, raindrops from each eye
They thunder down on top my head
They whisper freedom for the dead
I hold the heart of a man
I hold it just because I can
I compare him to the stars above
I compare him to eternal love
He didn't like who I was
I asked why he said because
He walked into outer space
I lit the moon and burned down the place