passing tones

lethargy lyrics

We’ve grown weary of these lonely hours
And the blisters from paging through
The black psalms in the morning papers

The rats have run wire through
Our unfinished mazes
Creating
A world without end

Buried deep
So the rot can set in
And oh! It will

Then the violins fell out of tune
And the meaning was lost on you
Now we’re all back where we started

The foundations of our ruined homes
Collapsed in your absence
Now the vagrants beg
For pity and alms

How we all
Fill our palms
And oh! we will…

Until the children sing
LOUD
Just once.