The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace

There's a fire burning, and I'm learning to be

So much more than my tiredness

So much more than that old witch sleep wishes

She kisses my eyelids

And I breathe

You don't have to be brilliant

She says as she scrolls

Through the rolls that the millions

Of hollering hollow folk know how to play, it's okay

They're just shadows searching for light

They can't stay

Sleep now, oh, she says

Tomorrow's jokes have yet to be laughed at or said

Just rest now, she moans

Then the hollow folk come, pour me wine by my bed

And their dead hollers hum at the things that I've said

And say no, no, no, no

'Cause you are in the earth of me

You are in the earth of me

My head's not yours, it's mine

'Cause you are in the earth of me

Somehow now I'm drinking, and I'm lifting my glass

To that last good man grace

Who has left me, he's left me at last

And I laugh, and I laugh

'Cause laughing right now, it's all, all that I have

"You're better than this"

He says as a hand slaps my face and I stand

And say, "No good man grace"

I can't do this (you can)

I can't do this (you can)

I can't do this (you can)

I can't do this, you don't understand

Oh, sleep now, oh, she pleads

You're not a coward 'cause you cower

You're brave because they broke you

Yet broken still you breathe

So breathe, breathe, just breathe

Then the hollow folk pour me another shard full of glass

And I toast to their talents and I forgive them at last

'Cause I know, oh, I know, I know

You are in the earth of me

You are in the earth of me

My head's not yours, it's mine

And I'll take my fucking time

'Cause I know, I know, I know

Let's bury this

I'm all yours, but you're all mine

Let's dance together, you and I

'Cause I'm not trapped with you, you see

You're the one who's trapped with me

'Cause I've been here so many times before

Don't you think I look pretty

Curled up on this bathroom floor?

But where you see weakness, I see wit

Sometimes I fall to pieces

Just to see what bits of me don't fit

'Cause I when I stand oh those folks will run

And tell the tales of what I've become

They'll speak of me, oh in whispered tones

And say my name like it shakes their bones

'Cause we'll dance together so close we're sharing breath

But now I'm leading, doesn't that just scare you to death?

'Cause I'm all yours, you're all mine

Let's dance together, you and I

'Cause I'm not trapped, oh with you, you see

You're the one who's trapped with me

'Cause you are in the earth of me

You are in the earth of me

My head's not yours, it's mine

And I'll take my fucking time

'Cause I know, I know, I know