Ankh Earrings (4:51)

She stood about five foot three
In these ankh earrings
Her eyes impressed a thousand lives
Into mine

Somehow I seem to know you
Somehow I seem to care

Something’s buried deep behind these lines
But wit’s sharp knife’s too dull to dig
Something’s set out right before our eyes
But we’re all so blind

Somehow you seem to know me
So won’t you go where the bold fear to tread
And show me

Do you sing the eternal song?
Such lust is found in counterpoint’s wet pull
Do you sing the eternal song?
And when your world crumbles
Where do you run to?
Where do you run to?

Through the rain of a thousand nightmares shine
These ankh earrings
Such a promise cannot be denied
Falsified

And when the sky caves in and angels fall
To obscene depths where passion stalls
I recline in the soft curves
Of the flowing arches down the end
Then swallow hard, come back again
In the end
And then begin again

Don’t look too hard
Don’t follow me
These jewels bear your initials
They weren’t meant for me
Don’t think too hard
Just cover me
And live your life in colors
I can’t begin to see

Do you sing the eternal song?
Such lust is found in counterpoint’s wet pull
Do you sing the eternal song?
And when your world crumbles
Where do you run to?
Where do you run to?

It’s been 17 long years
Since we danced in innocence’s garden
Dancing without fear
Over time you know these senses harden
And fade away
Oh, oh, oh

These ankh earrings