They are around outside, in the night, rattling through the corn And in their eyes, which stir my blood, black holes are born My breath held like a gem, I look to see them scattering Dashing into the lake and the heavens they coagulate These shoes are not for the likes of you These shoes are not for the likes of your poor souls It's down to me alone to get shut of their yawning claws They hover over your heart like violence I go back inside, drink coffee, black as the night is long And strong enough to prop me up, a monolith of runes A trick of the eye An optical illusion, pigs might fly In my dreams every atom is crystal clear And for a moment when I wake everyone's here