flown away

u-bend

Standing in the shower last summer one weekend when my family was out of town, missing them. It made me think about how empty life is without the ones I love most. Also worked in some imagery I’ve been toying with for a number of years–the river in the last verse–which was inspired by a conversation a long time ago with a family member who had been going through one of those really life-unraveling experiences.

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lyrics

Got up this morning to find my world had flown away;
an empty bed and dishes in the sink
And though there was a lot that had led up to this,
the silence hit me like a rock.

Woke up this morning from a dream of you;
my footsteps echo through the empty rooms
I can’t recall exactly when it all went wrong;
you left some things, I’ll mail them off to you

I know, I know: I had it coming
I know, I know that I’ve done wrong
And “one more chance” makes me sick to consider
but what else is there for me to ask?

In a dream I’m standing at a river’s edge
The water pocked by soft spring morning rain
All my stuff is floating downstream
Under a bridge and round the bend