A long walk home, riddled with regret
Uncommonly comfortable, but still I believe
That in time I think I'll see just what's been weighing down on me
An unearthly void collapsed, exposing what was trapped
To release this serendipitous design

The smell of smoke, the evening sky was proof
Belated conversations saturate anticipation for the answers that simply won't come

But not I, I won't ask
Forget my place amongst the grass
The leaves and the trees remember me
And in my naiveté it might be seen
The pail has leaks and even if
You put all your water into it
You end up with nothing left to drink
The well has gone dry and I with it

Oh, someday she'll be gone (x4)

(We'll still have a song to sing)

Sing softly, bring me to the lake
Sing softly, sing me to the lake


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    I like to think that something burnt down: "The smell of smoke, the evening sky was proof"

    Probably an attempt by his mother to burn down the Dime, as she suggested it in The Inquiry of Ms Terri: "Touch, taste, feel it ripping me down. A reprise, two times, the Dime, burn it to the ground."

    He's walking back to the main city and sees that his mother has gone through with it and probably ran off, and he realises he might never get to ask the questions he has waited too long to ask: "Belated conversation saturate anticipation for the answers that simply won't come."

    As a consequence of this, it is probably the Priest/Pimp who rapes and murders her in the next Act (the Procession).

    mikewontreplyon July 27, 2009   Link

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