Banshees

Waking before the sun
Shiver until the dawn
Collecting the quiet in
Watching the planet spin

I feel it now
I'm living now

Talking away the night
Tying the strings so tight
Picking apart the seam
Until we get underneath

I see you now
I need you now
I feel it now
I'm living now

Hi, I'm Game

Strings

i dont know if im recalling whats real
or if im just filling in blanks for the things that i feel
my memories slip away in the dark
but some things linger on like a faded scar

like me kneeling there on the cold stone floor
waiting for the pain to come
knowing that youd seen me there before
did you wonder why i was still so dumb?

i dont know where the fear comes from
when im on the edge and im poised to jump
maybe there is a place in my heart
where theres a child who'll always be scared of getting hurt

did you doubt yourself when you saw our tears
and the marks you left with the cane?
you tried to teach us something beyond our years
was it worth it for whatever we gained?

Dunno

I'll remember you now
before I forget how
the cadence of your speech
your smile being full of teeth

we gave each other scars
and played outside for hours
learnt in the dining room
the phases of the moon

I wish we'd had more time
before we both said goodbye

our footprints in the sand
our voices on the wind
are slowly fading away

we went barefoot in the streets
children of the heat
ran out of tennis balls
to lose over the walls
couldn't dodge the cane at school
or tread water in the pool

I'm sorry I had to leave
I didn't want to leave

our footprints in the sand
our voices on the wind
slowly fading away

Banshees

Vish