You are sadness in sepia
I'm plain as paper
You're a common back crow
In a naked oak tree
Now fall has unfurled
A cold wind is slowing
The last of the crinkled leaves
On the hard ground still blowing
What would you say to me if you could
Like the mysterious mushroom
I've thrived in the muck
Would you present me life's bone
And with it its marrow
And whisper in my ear
Now darlin' please suck it all up
I want to run into a fantasy
Make a wolf fall in love with me
Swim with the mermaids
Steal the wisdom from a tree
There are wonders here
All this movement is beauty
Hey beauty has been my only home
I look closer
You are working
You are cawing your sorrow
On that branch
You're a sentinel
So still you will stay
While I chisel my life in the rain
And I'm pow pow
Pounding on my rock again
With a guitar and a suitcase
A collection of beautiful noise
All these hopes, all these fears
Two sides the same coin
'Cause all these miracles made up
Of the very same stuff
As the nightmares that we all dream up
All the while in your tree
In all of its glory
You are sadness in sepia
You are more
I am more
You are more than enough