If there is a god
He has some nerve
all the good dissolved
to make us learn
What?
That we could love?
That we loved?
Wasn't that good enough for you?
The thought of it all
the weight of the world
Now the light is gone and your stomach hurts
For what?
So we could learn 
what we always knew
We didn't choose to send our bird to you
Now this house is huge
nothing moves
I promise to keep this room for you
Where the sun pours in
Where no babys been
We"ll be listening just to hear you move

A Promise

Take my hand
I'll show you
the promised land is real
and I've been there
Just passed the woods
and into the blue
all you know now 
is all that you should

Take my hand
I'll show you

Yonder the path
Yonder the field
Long is the way
Hard on the heels

Take my hand
I'll show you

Carpathians - Take My Hand, I'll Show You

The Building Maps - Easy Street

Carpathians - Torn in a Field

Hidden, Its Holder - Carpathians

Artifacts of love long passed
souvenirs swing from rearview mirrors
I collapse after 11 beers
That's exact math, here.
Novocaine and a lukewarm bath
I dissolve a bit
'til I know where I'm at
then I splash
to get the feeling back
Stars are born in the headlights of cars
I lost count as a kid
I swear I was warned I would 
I had clock and I swear I saw it move
Let's pack it up and call it good
the years passed 
and the ones still attached
Wishes wan in the dark of the woods
youth is lost on the ones that wish they could catch
a sneaking glimpse as it passed
from a child's wish into ash

Exact Math - Carpathians

Stupid Summer

Can you recall any memory at all?
Or is it gone through the window
like a ghost in the fog?
We were just kids when the big one hit
The hand of God laid a full clenched fist
across her jaw a star imprint
high school class ring 1986
your dreams of more than Chevy Cavaliers
are smaller now than they first appeared
lost in the prints of rearview mirrors
this love is looking for the last one that disappeared
Gone in the woods no shoes on her feet
over the moon, and then out of my dreams 
and in this one particular one
i'm blinded by the river
the water casts the sun into halogen halos 
I'm there on the edge looking for my brother
tangled in the weeds now and forever
if I dare break the release
that time capsule devours me
One of these days in the caverns of sleep
I'll muster the strength to set him free.

Over The Moon, Out Of My Dreams

Lovely Garden

I can hear. I pressed an ear to you.
There's a light and it's all of you
If all I knew was all I had was a second left
then it's more than I've ever held in my head
Baby, I watched you move.
Like Degas' "Dancers in Blue."
Spin and spun around the sun.
I know you're gone,
but you weren't done,
but now I can watch you move
Up the stairs and over the moon
Chasing a red balloon
Baby, I watched you turn.
There is a light that still burns
When it's gone and darkness has won
I'll wring it dry for another one
So I can watch you turn
from a wish
to a messenger bird
 There is a light and it's all of you

Carpathians

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