Life Way Up From

i heard her beating the drum
told me to come
know i’m the one gonna burn out the sun, oh
light
won’t come
to everyone
that sees
our
voices share
the cleanest air
don’t breathe
the garden
where we harden
bare,
and beneath a tree
we started
apart, now
we’re brought
to our knees
love don’t bear his name,
she sings—my favourite shame
life way up from
the one
i love
is gone