Valeri

The flesh in my bones is not quite as thick as it used to be
 Some days I think that the ridges in the tips
 Of my fingers have been worn away
 I load my back with 16 tons
 I'm listening hard for the camel crack
 When Fear brought the church to me I thought I'd
 Touched stained glass for far too long
 My fingers yellowed, my fingers stained
 You died in glass that was stained that color
 I found you soft in a cold, dark place
 Eyes so wide I could barely see the whites
 In a cold dark place I could not find the softest part
 In your eyes
 In your eyes
 In your eyes
 In your eyes
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 The flesh in my bones is not quite as lush as I thought it was
 Now I find I'm as soft as a cat
 I load my head with 16 tons
 I'm listening hard for that that I hope is there
 I have been told what to do, what to be, what I cannot be
 I have been many things I don't even know what I want to be
 I hope I am much stronger for these things that I have been
 I think too clear, too dear, too cold, I fear
 I fear I see the bottom of the sea
 A thing to clear
 She was ice green clouded over
 She faded fast as she faded fast
 As the sun came clear
 As the sun came clear
 As the sun came clear
 As the sun came clear
 I hunt this photograph that binds you to me
 I hunt this dream that I thought was part of you and me
 I burn the locket, I collect this ash
 I hold the dust, I hold it dear
 Until the sun came clear
 Until the sun came clear
 Until the sun came clear
 Until the sun came clear
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 I hunt this photograph that binds you to me
 I hunt this dream that I thought was part of you and me
 I burn the locket, I collect this ash
 I hold the dust, I hold it dear
 Until the sun came clear
 Until the sun came clear
 You know I held you so dear
 Until the sun came clear
 Like Mary in the sky a small blond skull turned to me
 And said it's time for me to leave
 Nothing left but the creature in the corner
 Nothing left but the beast behind the door
 I let loose, I screamed at the storm
 I could have saved her, I could have saved her
 I could have saved her, I could have saved her
 If I'd only had the time
 If I'd only had the time
 If I'd only took the time
 If I'd only took the time
 If I'd only took the time
 If I'd only took the time
 The flesh on her bones is no longer on her bones
 It has seeped, been stripped it has found and wound its way
 And open, the eyes lie live at the bottom of the sea
 They lie accusing me
 They lie accusing me
 Of everything that I wish I could be in her eyes
 In her eyes
 In her eyes
 In her eyes