Word Thingys: Salome Strangelove
The ferryman holds out a single hand
And doesn’t say a word
Just expects you’ll understand
Angel face or gallows bird
The worn out coins that blind your eyes
Are only there to pay the toll
Cross the threshold, feel the river rise
This is the place that takes your soul
And every step that brought you here
Was a path you chose to take
The more and more you disappeared
The compromises that you made
But, the water always finds you
Oh, the water always binds you
All our worlds are gonna end someday
It’s decided from the start
You’re not unfolding some great mystery
We are just bone and spit and heart
Marched through ice and forged in fire
Born with only the assurance to expire
Still it’s not our sleep that kills the dawn
But the lack of hope we might dream on
And every step that brought us here
Was a path we chose to take
The more and more we disappear
The compromises that we make
But the water always finds us
Oh, the water always binds us
Rippling circles one by one
Never needing any guide
Broken rhythms set by careless drums
Drifting helpless with the tides
It’s not the fear of burning
It’s not the dread of dark
It’s that this worm is turning
As the journey leaves its mark
And every step that brought me here
Was a path I chose to take
The more and more I disappeared
The compromises that I made
But the water always finds me
Oh, the water always binds me
In the water, in the water
We come from, return to water
And every step that brought us here
Was a path we chose to take
The more and more we disappear
The compromises that we make
But the water always finds us
Yes, the water always binds us