You
and Me of the 10, 000 Wars - Emily Saliers
You and
me of the 10,000 wars,
dividing life into factions
of pleasure and chores -
a bed to be made and a bed
to lie in,
a hand in the darker side
and our sights set on zion.
The heart of a skeptic and
the mind of a child,
put my life in a box and let
my imagination run wild
pour the cement for my feet.
the heart and the mind on
a parallel course
never the two shall meet.
and, oh, the dissatisfied
with the satisfied
everybody loves a melodrama
and the scandal of a lie -
still you held your arms open
for the prodigal daughter
I see my eyes in your eyes
through my eyes -
still waters.
Try making one and one make
one
twist the shapes until everything
comes undone
watch the wizard behind the
curtain
the larger than life and the
power of seeming certain.
The evil ego and the vice
of pride
is there ever anything else
that makes us take our different sides?
I wanted everything to feed
me.
About as full as I got was
of myself
and the upper echalons of
mediocrity
after the battle and we're
still around
everything once up in the
air has settled down
sweep the ashes let the silence
find us
a moment of peace is worth
every war behind us.
You and me of the 10,000 wars.