Karla Schickele

Come down Come down
From your willow tree
Come down Come down and talk to me
Can not reach your hand from this grown where I stand
And the world is too much with us
Today

Fly down fly down
From your willow tree
Alight, alight on my bended knee
Come let a stream of impossible things
The sound bells the fluttering of things
Ohh rest a while here the wild blue
Crackle and flame
I know why that bird still sings

My heart, my heart tried to take its flignt
To get to you I do wrong I do right
Take to the air change the color of the sun
Say goodbye to everything I've done
Change my ways till my dying day
Set prayers on fire
Throw desire
To burn time

Stripped as you are you come to me
I wont deny you anything
while you need it
when you need it
i'm a faucet

when its hard to face the fear
that i wont find you
anywhere
will you find me
recognise me
stay inside me

your the velvet in my mouth
you i cannot be without
you make it so good
make it so good
love is so good
when it comes you give it back

Did we give away too much or was it right?
I just wanna go back home and hold you tight
I can't face another crowd and feel this way
Oh no, oh no

I'm falling into every little trap that I can find
Reading too much into every single sign
I can't face you with the others all around
Oh no, oh no
I need some time to breathe
I can't fix what's wrong

Well the world I see is only two lanes wide
From this midnight van to Georgia that we ride
And the toll booths become markers of the time
Oh no, oh no

We come and go so fast
Looking for what lasts

There's a bird on the land
There's a bird on the bay
There's a sun in the sky
But it won't go away
And the clock on the wall says remember
All that you've said
Don't think of the dangers you could have avoided
If only he'd stayed

Oh, this water is making my death
Every season stealing my man from my bed
And if this winter should carry him through to the next
All I can offer is yours to take

Keep me from cold
Keep me from foolish mistakes
Make me a woman whose love knows how to wait
As the fist on my pillow beats down in a midnight rage
Let the wind in his sails carry him back to the bay

The sun burns out his eyes
The vampire isn't suprised
He was waiting there all night
To be the first one to notice the dawn
Don't give it the weight
When you're so far out of it
You're so far out of it

I want to notice
All the changes as they come
I want the patience
Of the robber
No cleverness could make that appeal
Sail masked like a prayer
Before the words turned into air

I could watch you sleep for hours
Without noticing that it's getting really late
But last night i just wanted to wake you up
Hear the city hum underneath the pink moonlight

Well i drove all night to see you
And i beat the sun, but not by very much
The radiator was hissing in the kitchen
We sat on the fire escape your hand was in mine

Oh, the pain of loving you
Oh, the misery I go through
Never knowing what to do
Oh, the pain of loving you

You just can't stand to see me happy
Seems you hurt me all you can
Still, I go on loving you
But I never understand

To love and hate at the same time
The line between the two is fine
The two have bound me, heart and soul
So strong that I can't let you go

To love and hate at the same time
The line between the two is fine
The two have bound me, heart and soul
So strong that I can't let you go

A sullen spent seven years
Scraping love from the dust that covers your fingerprints
I sit around and watch the splintering
Of a trust that I never seemed to have a hand in
Well maybe it's true I'm barely there
So easily mistaken for your favorite chair
Like a perfect and graceful fading
Well I thank you
For giving me nothing
'cause who could be a witness
Who could have the patience
You like to sit there in it
Privileged and indifferent
You never come around to see my side
So i don't get to tell you that I'm doing fine
Monday comes, and Monday goes
You're my faithful, stand-by no show
'cause who could tell the story
Sit down and read it to me
Who'd reveal their memories
Be the first to say
Yeah I do see you when you're looking down
Pages scattered on the ground
You're the one who tore them out
You're the one who tore them out
Yeah I do see you
Right through
And it feels too soon to leave you
Leave you

Sitting in the office
Sitting in your chair
The temporary positions
Friends that disappear

Call a toll-free number
Voicemail message clear
You might need some assistance
Sorry, no one's there

You said
You said
You caught me
In the middle of a bad time again

Meaning you are living
Leaving you alive
Like everybody else
In the middle of a bad time

Who's that call waiting
On the telephone line
And new friends can get fragile
Scrambling for time with you
A bad time

Bad time
In the middle of a bad time

How long I've been waiting
And collecting calls
Yeah don't you want to know
You got lots of messages from
All over town
Some of them know you
But most of them are just business as usual

You said
You said
You caught me
In the middle of a bad time

What's the point of trying
To begin again
Or even finding out
In the middle of a bad time

Who gonna help you
When the elevator door jams
When all you've got are contracts
Couldn't give a damn
About you

A bad time
Bad time
Middle of a bad time

Did time takes it toll,
Did it cost too much?
Did it cost all the sweetness
That, was the best time you ever had.
It slipped so swift from the palm of your hand,
The time's when you stood tall.
Crawling with a backwards glance so strong,
That you can't believe it at all.

You thought that you lost such a solid love;
The best friend you ever had.
But the world is upside down,
Too many moments you could not keep,
The places that saw you speak,
You don't know how to see this through.

What did you miss?
In the telling of all this
And how could you guess
That it would ever be like this?

Again
So upset
Just hold me
Don't let me forget
What's important
What's important

Take off your dress
Let's stay in bed all day
All night
I don't care
If they're out there
If they're out there

So worn out
Only love can erase
The debts
'Cause the world
Is growing colder
It's getting colder

I want
To be strong
In the face of
What's wrong
'Cause we still
Have each other
Each other

I'm sailing on a ship so smooth
Maybe I don't have much to lose or win
From your wide open eyes again
With a willing heart and mind I will never be
Far behind

We're just haunted in our skins
By all that could've been
You hide it from your face but it still shows

There's no words for what you are
You stay while death
Is chasing the stars away
From the night sky
You run

And want what you always wanted back

Time won't ever swallow everything
Whole
If you give all your love(love)

I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting

what is this weariness that waits for you shrug
you press your ankle against my arm
this is the pressure that i love
you always recommended it
could be the door
could be the phone
for any intent or purpose
your not home
your up against the wall
no real impression like breath on glass

ive got the apple in me too
people are bluer then they ever imagined they might be
looking through the boxes in the basement
who were you then
your restlessness is emptier
then the room we used to live in
here's wishing you the best
the rest is always better left unsaid

what is this weariness that waits for you shrug
you press your ankle against my arm
this is the pressure that i love
you always recommended it
could be the door
could be the phone
for any intent or purpose
your not home
your up against the wall
no real impression like breath on glass

ive got the apple in me too
people are bluer then they ever imagined they might be
looking through the boxes in the basement
who were you then
your restlessness is emptier
then the room we used to live in
here's wishing you the best
the rest is always better left unsaid

what is this weariness that waits for you shrug
you press your ankle against my arm
this is the pressure that i love
you always recommended it
could be the door
could be the phone
for any intent or purpose
your not home
your up against the wall
no real impression like breath on glass

ive got the apple in me too
people are bluer then they ever imagined they might be
looking through the boxes in the basement
who were you then
your restlessness is emptier
then the room we used to live in
here's wishing you the best
the rest is always better left unsaid

what is this weariness that waits for you shrug
you press your ankle against my arm
this is the pressure that i love
you always recommended it
could be the door
could be the phone
for any intent or purpose
your not home
your up against the wall
no real impression like breath on glass

ive got the apple in me too
people are bluer then they ever imagined they might be
looking through the boxes in the basement
who were you then
your restlessness is emptier
then the room we used to live in
here's wishing you the best
the rest is always better left unsaid

what is this weariness that waits for you shrug
you press your ankle against my arm
this is the pressure that i love
you always recommended it
could be the door
could be the phone
for any intent or purpose
your not home
your up against the wall
no real impression like breath on glass

ive got the apple in me too
people are bluer then they ever imagined they might be
looking through the boxes in the basement
who were you then
your restlessness is emptier
then the room we used to live in
here's wishing you the best
the rest is always better left unsaid

Like glass shattering in a clean break
This is the art of a mistake
And we were like kids with a shotgun
Blowing up words till there were none

And maybe i'm too young

I thought that i could destroy it
Aimed shot and fired
Missed the target
But you keep coming abck
Hand me fractured words through the lens of time
And some things cant be burned
Even when they yurn to die

Like glass shattering in a clean break
This is the art of a mistake
And we were like kids with a shotgun
Blowing up words till there were none

And maybe i'm too young

I thought that i could destroy it
Aimed shot and fired
Missed the target
But you keep coming abck
Hand me fractured words through the lens of time
And some things cant be burned
Even when they yurn to die

Like glass shattering in a clean break
This is the art of a mistake
And we were like kids with a shotgun
Blowing up words till there were none

And maybe i'm too young

I thought that i could destroy it
Aimed shot and fired
Missed the target
But you keep coming abck
Hand me fractured words through the lens of time
And some things cant be burned
Even when they yurn to die

Like glass shattering in a clean break
This is the art of a mistake
And we were like kids with a shotgun
Blowing up words till there were none

And maybe i'm too young

I thought that i could destroy it
Aimed shot and fired
Missed the target
But you keep coming abck
Hand me fractured words through the lens of time
And some things cant be burned
Even when they yurn to die

Come to dinner with me
We'll walk down the main street
All dressed up
We'll make time for coffee
And know that caffeine makes you sad
But just this once would you do that for me
Cause up in heaven you're a shoe-in
If you open up your heart to me
To me
Let's go driving tonight
We'll take Al's Comet, he'll never know
We'll top it at 95
I know my driving makes you mad
But just once would you do that for me
Cause up in heaven you're a shoe-in
If you open up your heart to me
To me

Some days are heavy and some days are mean
Some days fall somewhere in between
Today i would like to tear you apart at the seams

Taking a plane is the worst kind of day
Holding your breath in the sky
You should never write a letter that high

Speaking my mind is not what i do best
But i have to get this all off my chest
Open this window and hope that these words will fly

But hey what does it matter now
Cause turning back pages is not something time will allow
But wait i never got to say
You were digging into me and then you just got away

So how can you say that i'm wasting time
After all of the years i have spent trying to fill up the hole
That you left sitting there in my heart

And i'm taking it back
And i'm making it mine
I am still trying

Oh ohhhh oh

Some days are heavy and some days are mean
Some days fall somewhere in between, in between

Poor dumb canary
You finally threw yourself in a glass
Treated you so badly
Gave you everything that you wanted

Poor dumb bird

You sang a song or two
You did it better than anyone else
They took it far as they could
They took it into their hands and it got to your gut

Poor dumb bird

You think you made it stop,
You think you made it good,
You think you saved your soul,
You can watch from your box as they serve up what's left of your beak

Poor dumb bird

The sun can rise if it wants,
The rain can fall if it wants,
The fire can strike where it likes
But when one good bird chooses to fly the whole sky starts to look better

Now that you've gone and lit up the sky And gone and left it burning
There's no one left to do your work Though they're already starting to try

Many sweet song that was left to come will stay on the tip of your tongue
Many sweet song that was left to come will stay on the tip of your tongue

After you gave up on the world
For the first time I understood
Your words were as good to me as gold
But it's all getting old already

I care about what you see
Even though you try to take the best of me apart
And punish me for trying

I watched you hit the ground
With the luckiest smile around
With your stupid guile and your chain
I couldn't have missed you hailing cabs in the rain

I care about what you see
Even though you try to take the best of me apart
And punish me trying

Everyday the nausea hits you
You face the mirror
Wonder if you'll ever get out of here
We'll never get past the past
Staring a hole through the bottom of a dirty shot glass
I listen well to your rage
And search your face for a spark
For something shimmering in the dark

You wake to the sound of the night crashing down
Sucked out of dream
Face to face with your makers
And the facts of a fall
And your faith seems so small

There's an ocean of glass
And you're moving above it
Stretching out in the sky
And your body is weightless
You're an acrobat
No one can deny it
Now we have to try to do all we can
To find you

You know that he's gone with the sun through your window
Everyday is a world that you'd never choose to visit
No one wants to cry or say their goodbyes
Looking in dreams for you
Looking in dreams for you

look at me
am i still the one you wanted me to be
when we were talking
did i hear you say
that you still love me

what if we could do it all again
would you still look right through me then
what if you could make another life
would you still have me by your side

look at me
everything was clear i wanted you to see
but dont answer with a word
only with your eyes

why pick a fight or lie awake all night doubting
the worst of what you might do is half as bad as what ive done
the worst of what we might do is half as bad as what we've done

man in mind
might rob you blind
but you'll like the ride
you can hide
but im right by your side
i will try to be kind
i will try to be kind
but im taking only what i want

i want to bury my body
and i wont hurt your heart
dont build around me
cause ill only tear it down
dont build around me ill only tear it down

man in mind
might rob you blind
but you like the ride
you can hide but im right by your side
i will try to be kind
i will try to be kind
but im taking only what i want

Looking out from nowhere
Taking in a view
I see in the sideway between me and you
Nothing is forever you can spend a lifetime learning that
Gather your defenses, and we'll always leave you alone

Playing back the pictures
You can almost taste it now
Memory is so sure but it's never quite what is was
Everything's distorted when you're looking through the glass
Pictures change their color, impressions they always have

Markers all scattering light
Pulling shadows falling on your back
Falling on your eyes

We were carrying the corpse
Dropped it in a well
Tried to salvage something even though we landed in hell
You grieve so silently
In and out of memory

So take another shot before you bend to say goodbye
Take another shot before you bend to say goodbye
And after all is said
After all is said
After all is said and done

You take it right
You take it right?right
Back

After all is said, it's the only thing on your mind
After all is said, it's the only thing on my, only thing
Only

Take some time out to remember
What you kept and gave away
When you came into my life
Did you stop
To think twice
Little things pile up and turn into bigger things
And i want you to notice (this)
And i want you to try

Don't cut me off
Don't cut it out
Don't give away
What you can live without

Don't let it sit
Just spit it out
Don't hide yourself
Where no one can find you

Don't hesitate
Just let me know
Don't keep it all to yourself
I'll try to understand you

Don't hesitate
Just let me know
Don't keep it all to yourself
I'll try to understand
I'll try to understand

Let's go walking tonight
I just need to get out of this place
It's been a long night
I still feel old
Even though you've been here with me
Baby, help me through this

Love is everything
There's no true autonomy that wouldn't be shattered
By the willingness to raise up your lips to someone
With no resonations at all

If i get lost along the way to meet you
If i'm more than a little late
If i get caught up in circles chasing my own tail
If i trip up and fail you
If i let you down
If i let you down

I can see that injury that accompanies the passage of you
I can try to rationalize the accumulation of fear
And the dreams that draw a song in pursuit of the end of time
And the grace that illuminates the past
If i let you down
If i let you down

In the night the city's quiet
From the rooftop we can see the moon rise high above the clouds
Just enough light to see our faces give expression to the words we thought but didn't speak
And then you asked me a question that i won't forget
Even if i spend my life trying to live up to what it means
If i let you down
If i let you down

Don't let it break down
Don't let it break down
Don't let it break down

Smile shu u u u u u u uuand maybe tommorow you will se the sun shining through for you

The passage of time
Is flicking dimly up on the screen
I can't see the lines
I used to think I could read between
Perhaps my brains have turned to sand
Only, oh my
I think it's been an eternity
You'd be surprised
At my degree of uncertainty
How can moments go so slow
Several times
I've seen the evening slide away
Watching the signs
Taking over from the fading day
Perhaps my brains are old and scrambled
Several times
I've seen the evening slide away
Watching the signs
Taking over from the fading day
Changing water into wine
Several times
I've seen the evening slide away
Watching the signs
Taking over from the fading day
Putting grapes back on the vine

On the way to California
See my sister Carolina
Looking out on South Dakota
At a field of gladiolas
Gonna sell it in the summer
Leave behind the floods and winters
Letting go of what they suffered
Let it fall away like rain across the plains
From a payphone on a corner
Making plans for our departure
I could wish we'd rush right over
Looking back over my shoulder
Cold December weather
Not keeping us together
It's New Years Eve forever
We're flying down the turnpike in the night
Looking out to the horizon
Anyone could see the swelling of your heart
All the lights that shine before you
Looks so helpless, and so far to see
Someone's always running faster
Towards the anchor that you need
You forget again and ask her
Why the light, it had to leave
An echo in a footstep, a whisper from a portrait
Shows us all the stars you see

On slow days
Thoughts free to wander
Over to West Hurley
And down past Ashokan
The reservoir
And Georgia waving from the back of a car

She holds your hand
She holds it so tightly
She digs in her fingernails
And later that night, she whispers a name
She says it aloud for the last time

Cutting that milkweed
Bending down low in her navy blue dress
I'll never know which one I resemble the best
Oh, Georgia, you have been missed

The light from the moon
It falls on the Hudson
And your mind is back in 1907
The reservoir
And Georgia waving from the back of a car

Always more than I can catch inside this jar
Lighting up the night sky
Flicker in your eye
Ladybugs crawl across your hand
In plain sight, broad daylight
I don't mind

But in the dark
Invisible and beautiful
Then gone again
When you've forgotten them
They're back again
On and off
On and off
On and off

Only a fool tries to follow the light of a firefly

Easier to find a great pretender
Easier to lie
Thank you for your kind letter
Thank you for your kind letter

It's better just to know than find out later
It's better just to hide
Honesty always matters
Honesty always matters

Oh this fallen arrow
Never found its way to your heart
I shot it with all I had left
It was a rocket in the sky until it tumbled to the ground
It was a rocket in the sky until it fell

Wouldn't take you more than ten small paces
Wouldn't take you less
Stop by when you're feeling better
Stop by when you're feeling better

Oh this fallen arrow
Never found its way to your heart
I shot it with all I had left
It was a rocket in the sky until it tumbled to the ground
It was a rocket in the sky until it fell

It was a rocket in the sky until it tumbled to the ground
It was a rocket in the sky until it fell

I think I'd like to go
Back home
And take it easy
There's a woman that
I'd like to get to know
Living there

Everybody seems to wonder
What it's like down here
I gotta get away
From this day-to-day
Running around
Everybody knows
This is nowhere

Everybody, everybody knows
Everybody knows

Every time I think about
Back home
It's cool and breezy
I wish that I could be there
Right now
Just passing time

Everybody seems to wonder
What it's like down here
I gotta get away
From this day-to-day
Running around
Everybody knows
This is nowhere

Everybody, everybody knows
Everybody knows