Stepdaughter - Califone

Left out in the rain too long / there was not no glory to re-live

All 3 fingers — all your limbs / pliable now as steam and soft light

Traded off when you were down / took it — on took it on

The story bitches and the scene don’t care / unraveling now like steam and soft

light

The cutter loses his nerve and turns away

The stepdaughter dissolves into the dark woods soundless

Mama take the pillow from under my head / stepdaughter made my dying bed

Left out in the rain too long / to marinate in steam and soft light

The stepdaughter dissolves into the dark woods soundless

The cutter delivers an elk heart for false proof

Bury me shallow and scratch out my name

I’d make every mistake all over again