Dead Landmines - TW Walsh

Sit it out for a single life

Don’t ask me why

It might just change your mind

Look past who you think you are

Cuz it doesn’t change with space

Or across time

Go straight to the darkest place

And bring the light that makes

The past seem blind

Carry on the memory

Of people loved in dreams

Of future lives

The father lives and the father dies

The heart bleeds out through the eyes

It’s fine

The bear sleeps in the forest pines

The child skips through the dead landmines

It’s fine

My paycheck’s on time

Wait around for the afterlife

But nothing’s next but nothing’s

Left behind

Trapped on the gentle slope

Of a metal roof

Above the diamond mine

You need dough but your belly knows

The gold’s all gone

And the market’s in decline

The roof caved, the sun collapsed

But the backward waves

Will show you how to climb

The father lives and the father dies

The heart bleeds out through the eyes

It’s fine

The hermit saves a billion lives

While the bats fall from the skies

It’s fine

The athlete runs across the line

The corporation just pays a fine

It’s fine

The bear sleeps in the forest pines

The child skips through the dead landmines

It’s fine

My paycheck’s on time