All Of It Was Music

The night was bending in a grin
 As streetlight shadows tattooed skin
 Whatever we were tangled in
 All of it was music
 The bed sheets were our whitest flag
 The war became a game of tag
 We surrendered all we had
 And all we had was music
 The humming of the window unit
 The street noise often sang right through it
 A drunken song somehow we knew that
 Even it was music
 The newness of uncovered skin
 Your messy hair your goofy grin
 Your shattered places deep within
 All of it was music
 To those I've wronged, Please forgive me
 I hope this song, helps you believe me
 The holding on the letting go
 It all gets buried soft and low
 But even then a song might grow
 All of it was music
 We left the city far behind
 We traveled light we traveled blind
 With no idea what we'd find
 Or whether we could use it
 The rolling fields were lined by trees
 Wild flowers brought us to our knees
 The poison ivy thick as thieves—
 We swung an ax to bruise it
 A place where we could rest awhile
 Where hummingbirds could thrum for miles
 And we could leave the edges wild
 And let wild birds sing through us
 Fires where all our sparks could scatter
 Midnight stars could drop their ladders
 I'm not sure any of it matters
 But all of it was music
 To those I've wronged, Please forgive me
 I hope this song, helps you believe me
 The holding on the letting go
 It all get buried soft and low
 Don't ask me how but I still know
 All of it was music
 To those I've wronged, Please forgive me
 I hope this song, helps you believe me
 This world so full of joy and pain
 Was more than one heart could contain
 We let it spill and flood the plain
 All of it was music