if the sky falls, hold up your hands

i watched my shadow grow and fade
grow and fade
and at that moment
i wanted to melt into the earth
and live among cool damp soil
and breathe into trees
into roots into trunks into branches into limbs into leaves

i wanted to rid myself of concrete and of traps
and of paralyzing fear
i wanted to close my eyes and let the notes take me far away from reality
soothe soothe soothe my lost soul

"but you should never be embarrassed by your trouble living. because it is the ones with the sores throats, who have done the most singing"
- bright eyes