a song about being gay for a stranger on a train

LYRICS:
short hair
tattoos
you reminded me of someone i knew
can't say
just why
but the bullets round your neck told me i should try
to get to know you
stranger
can i sit next to you
on a northbound train with a golden hour view?

i only know your name
where you're from
and where you're going
but somehow
i already love you
is my bleeding heart showing?
maybe i'll see you at a bar
a few months later
or maybe somewhere else
i remember you don't drink

i'll ask you
how you've been
can we be friends
i know you already
or at least that's what i think

northbound train, take me back
to the place i'm from
snow and rain on the tracks
but i'm safe and warm
stranger, you sent me there
with a heart so full
i'll never forget you
or the short ride we shared

Northbound Train

wake with the sun
and my heart under your thumb
take me down to the surf
i'm a creature of the earth

lighthouse burning 
tossing, turning
fighting waves in my sleep
red sky morning
sailor's warning
shipwrecks in the deep

shake out your shoes
i've got everything to lose
but you look beautiful
sand in your hair and all

lighthouse burning
tossing, turning
fighting waves in my sleep
red sky morning 
sailor's warning
shipwrecks in the deep

you'll lead me to defeat

siren song

take my cold heart
bury it deeply
out in the woods
somewhere only you know

when the snow comes
my heart will slow 
only you and the birds
will hear it beating

bury my heart in the woods

sleep, my love, forget your fear
through each coming hour i’ll be right here
and trust me, my darling, though you may roam
far from this place, you’ll find your way home

through forests and fields, valleys and hills,
mountains all misty, lakes cold and still
go to the land that we knew when we were young
there’ll be deer in the woods and snow on your tongue

and when summer comes in a time of its own
with thunder and clover, you’ll reap all you’ve sown
and autumn will pay all its debts in gold
and you’ll watch the earth turn and young things grow old

so sleep, my love, forget your fear
the shadows that haunt you, they’ll all disappear

vagabond's lullaby

shadows that move on the ceiling
late night traffic outside
i wanna live in this city
carve out a small honest life

i wanna plant myself firmly
in soil that shifts like the sea
i wanna grow some tomatoes
on a second floor balcony 

and never feel this alone and bored
drink my fill and long no more

i'm gonna feast like a viking
valhalla awash in wine
but i'm gonna keep my teeth clean
and my bones correctly aligned

i'll prop open the balcony door
kiss your lips and long no more

drink my fill and long no more
long no more

i'm gonna live in this city

long no more

~~~~~~hello i have a cold~~~~~~~~

i haven't known you that long
but i know we met long ago
i know your eyes like i know my own mind
they're restless and fixed on the road

autumn's the season of change
a shift in the winds and the streams
stories unfold and the leaves they turn gold
and you've been walking though my dreams

let's build a home in the forest
don't have to live there too long
just enough time so our bodies and minds
remember they're made to be strong

we'll listen to every bird song
watch falling leaves as they dance
every tree every flower we see
we'll know all their names at a glance

when we return in the winter
my darling will warm up my hands
you'll walk with your girl through this broken-down world
and we'll be the best of friends
we'll be the best of friends

home in the forest

you belong here just as much as anyone does
and you deserve whatever space your body takes up
and if this life is our only one
it's a miracle just to lay in the sun

and your plants couldn't grow without you
so put your heart in what you do

you've got a piece of the earth it's your body and soul
so feed it and care for it just like you tend to the soil

'cause winter's cold doesn't cast any doubt
on summer's warmth, you'll figure out
how to sow these seeds and see how they fare
and what they bear

your plants couldn't grow without you
and i wouldn't know what to do

our hearts are creatures of their own
they beat with a purpose yet unknown

your plants couldn't grow without you

Imogen (live at the meridian 12/1/2018)

the angel gabriel came 
to me one night in a dream
and he had nothing useful to say

he wrote his name with a pen
on the wall of the house I lived in
with his crooked nose lit by a screen
in that old digital black and green
but he had nothing useful to say

I asked what's god up to these days
is he working on a new plague
is this world really sinking to hell
are we all gonna die on this hill

with his curls falling into his face
he said "that's above my pay grade" 
he had nothing useful to say

he kept typing out strings of code
but that's not a language I know
oh what gives, gabriel
why did you come here at all
if you've got nothing useful to say

so I sat next to him silently
and we just stared at the screen

gabriel (nothing useful)

i don't know where you are tonight
will you send me a postcard from space
i'll broadcast a signal and tell you the story
of the night that the moon fell in the lake

you and I were sitting out on the dock
when it fell from the sky without a sound
and who would've thought that after all this time
it would come unstuck and tumble down

light up the sky, the moon fell that night
into the water, but we put it right

we made a net to fish the moon out
from the bottom of the lake that it lit up
and it was glowing green just like a luna moth
and it turns out it's smaller than we thought

we cleaned the mud out of its craters
and we polished it until it shone
then we gathered up the summer's last fireflies
and they all held it tight and flew it home

light up the sky, the moon fell that night
into the water, but we put it right

light up the sky, the stars are clear and bright
a trail across the water to lead you through the night

light up the sky, sleep right here tonight
i'll hold you safe and tight, for now the moon's alright

light up the sky, the moon fell that night

Northbound Train

Flora & the Fauna

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