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The way the sirens call the sailors
The way the shepherd calls the sheep
The way the ocean calls the burning plane
The way that you once called to me

The way the ground calls to the falling
The way the sunlight calls the seed
The way the lonely call the lonely
The way tomorrow beckons me

I don’t know how I met you
But I remembered you from before
I saw an ancient face in a modern crowd
I knew the essence but not the form

The way an instant turns to wonder
The way that wonder turns towards skin
The way that skin turns towards routine
Till every move I make turns you away again

The way the fire leaves the ashes
The way the green grass leaves the hay
The way a building goes abandoned
The way we parted yesterday

The way a village leaves a ruin
The way a tree leaves a snag
The way a loved one leaves a corpse
The way the essence leaves the form

Is that a routine or a mantra?
Are you here, or just taking up space?
Are we making love, or are we making porn?
Is it the essence or the form?

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from Born For These Times (unmastered), released April 19, 2018

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