Skeleton Line

©2007 Nicholas D. Drummond

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie, stop.

More than once upon a time
The sterile day goes by
My hollow nest is cold and dark
Wallowing in war’s delight
Those who robbed my cradle dig my grave
From a human to a human to a slave
I gave my only child to the skeleton line
He was blown away, into the awaiting night
A true lullaby true lullaby I have earned
From what was sung, an awkward turn
A true lullaby true lullaby I have earned
please
Take me back please
The moon shivers in its sleep as I beg the trees
And walk amongst the dead
I can’t get his swan song out of my head
We’re all walking in line
Down the skeleton line

Oh my darling
Climb out of the earth and be here now
Come on, yeah
Don’t want you to know this hole
My darling
Let me take you home

Standing at the wishing well
Empty feels so deep
How could things have gone so well
When I rocked my child to sleep
Is it the death of earth, The end of wine, The end of love, The death of birth
Give me mine
Give me mine
Give me mine
Give me more

If you gotta kill yourself to live, are you better off dead?
Am I a little crazy a little crazy in the head?
I gave my only child to the skeleton line
He was blown away, into the awaiting night
And a true lullaby true lullaby I have earned
please
Take me back please
The moon shivers in its sleep as I beg the trees
And walk amongst the dead
I can’t get his swan song out of my head
We’re all walking in line
Down the skeleton line

Oh my darling
Climb out of the earth and be here now
Come on, yeah
Don’t want you to know this hole
to ashes
We all follow down this broken road
My darling
Oh my darling
Let me take you home