What's Out There - Nina Nastasia

An empty space

A new beginning working made it, nothing saved

A wall, a window

A natty garden turning hotly in the heat

Creeping and green… wild and unseen

If I could go back in time

If I could be real mean

Would I ever think to leave

Is there anyone like me

I’d put a mask on, for the atmosphere out there

Could kill me

What you have won:

You want the air to be easy to breathe

We had a plan, a way to drown out

The howling in the street

Now everything I know

Everything I know is

…strange…

An idle table

You need a friend to come to visit

Ring a friend

Oh window, window

I want to smash you out

A light above me

A light above me, and still I don’t feel safe

Oh window, window

I have to smash you out

And let in something mean

Let in something