Evergreen - Wye Oak

Picked you out

Cut you off

Brought you in our house

Dressed you up

Took photographs

Stood around with open mouths

Starved you of your water

Till the needles piled around

Sweeping up

The needle dust

By the light of the TV

The humor of the metaphor

Isn’t lost on me

All the water in the world

And I can’t force myself to want a drink

Tell me what is missing in my mind

I feel the problem is essential

Its memory

Is blackening my mind

I’m taking everything back

Evergreen

Twist the rag

Spray the glass

Swirl the wet around

We do our best thinking

While we’re working in this house

All the world is always staining

I can’t settle till it’s out

Tell me what is missing in my mind

I feel the problem is essential

It’s memory

Is blackening my mind

I’m taking everything back

Evergreen

Tell me what is written in your eyes

I feel the problem is essential

It’s memory

Is keeping me alive

I’m taking everything back

Evergreen

Evergreen

Evergreen

Evergreen