Surprised / Not Surprised - Jordan Klassen

I follow you to the park

Cumbersome and muted

Remember when we were young

The water undiluted

Our lungs were balloons filled with mirth

We didn’t need persuading

I reckon you’ve given up by now

All of your interest fading

And don’t I know so well?

You’ve got a different story to tell

Somewhere beyond the clouds

There lives an old accountant

He tallies the damns that you give

Pennies in a fountain

Just wishing that you’d unpack

That you would will some fury

His eyes are rolling right back

Another hanging jury

And don’t I know so well?

You’ve got a different story to tell

And don’t I know so well?

You’ve got a different story to tell

You bid me look outside

And every bird of spring is amplified

The garden by the woods

You understand my misunderstood